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    Warfare, social organisation and resource access amongst the Wosera Abelam of Papua New Guinea

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    Authors
    Curry, George
    Date
    1997
    Type
    Journal Article
    
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    Curry, George. 1997. Warfare, social organisation and resource access amongst the Wosera Abelam of Papua New Guinea. Oceania 67: 194-217.
    Source Title
    Oceania
    Faculty
    Department of Social Sciences
    Division of Humanities
    Faculty of Media, Society and Culture (MSC)
    URI
    http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/39522
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    • Curtin Research Publications
    Abstract

    In the precolonial period warfare was endemic amongst the Wosera Abelam and social organisation was sufficiently flexible to permit the movement of people between villages and groups, adn their full incorporation into the host societies.In the contemporary context of increasing population pressure, and in the absence of warfare, a significant response is a general tightening of the rules governing group membership and resource access. This response, it is argued, may represent a shift from a patrifilial system of social organisation to one based on patrilineal-like principles, resulting in a legacy of marginalised immigrant lineages of three generations or less of a village residence.

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