Cultures Of The Pacfic Unit 1

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Culture Areas

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a geographical area occupied by a number of peoples whose cultures show a significant degree of similarity with each other and at the same time a significant degree of dissimilarity with the cultures of the peoples of other areas

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Austronesian
Non-Austronesian

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Polynesia and Micronesia
Melanasia and New Guinea/Australia

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Stereotypes: Who
Names
Focal Places
Gender Portrayal
Depicted Ecology
Dichotomy

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Melanesia and Australia vs. Poly- and Micronesia
"cannibals and headhunters" vs. "children of nature"
New Guinea vs. Tahiti/Hawai'i
Men (violence) vs. Women (sexuality)
Jungles vs. Beaches
Primitive/Civilized vs. Nature/Culture

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Paul Gauguin

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French artist who depicted pacific islanders and perpetuated stereotypes

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Important Foods of the Pacific

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Breadfruit, coconuts, bananas/plantains, taro, pigs, chicken, yams, sweet potatoes, fish, sago

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3 Island Types:
-Name
-Description
-Social Stratification
-Famous ones

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-Unweathered Volcanic: just above sea level with no decent soil; high; Hawaii and Tahiti
-Weathered Volcanic: things growing with good soil; medium; Cook Islands
-Coral Atoll: remains of coral after volcano sinks; low; Nanumea/Tuvalu

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Archaeological Sites:
-Name
-What happened there

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-Jinmium: stone carvings dated back 20,000 years; early art
-Huon Peninsula: continues to rise so more is being found; 60,000 years old
-Pamwak: caves/rock shelters; 13,000; suggests discovered on purpose
-Kuk Swamp: New Guinea; irrigation ditches and agriculture

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Non- vs. Austronesians
-Arrival
-Language characteristics
-Body structure
-Stratification
-Where
-Subsistence

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-long time ago (50-60 thousand years) vs. short time (5000 years)
-very diverse vs. homogenous
-small and dark skinned vs. large and light skinned
-egalitarian vs. stratified
-Australia/New Guinea/Melanesia vs. Polynesian and Micronesia
-Sea-farers and horticulturists vs. skilled irrigation

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Coconut Uses (8)

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-sennet (twine and rope)
-cash crop (copra)
-coconut cream
-baskets
-shelter (logs for building)
-woven mats
-fuel
-strainer

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Tapa Cloth

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bark cloth decorated by each family

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Tattoos
-4 reasons for them

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hierarchy
pride
initiation
virtue

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Lapita

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pottery

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Margaret Mead
-Studied
-Wrote
--what did it help

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-Adolescence in Samoa
-Coming of Age in Samoa
--refuted biological determinism; broadened definitions of human culture; rethinking of western psychological theories and practices

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Derek Freemand
-Wrote
-What did it say/do?

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-Margaret Mead and Samoa: The Making and Unmaking of and Anthropological Myth
-disagreed with Mead's idea; caused rift in Anthropological society and cause others to questions Mead's work

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Ramage

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-internally stratified patrilineal group with primogeniture and ranking of local segments to the geneological position of their founder

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Po vs. Ao

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rim of death; starting and ending point of life vs. rim of living; tattou gets newborns into Ao

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Michener
-wrote what

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Hawai'i
Tales of the South Pacific

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What was Freeman allowed to join in Samoa

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fono

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Malae/Marae

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ceremonial grounds or village square