Subsistence Farming on Ponape

Bascom, William (October 1949). "Subsistence Farming on Ponape". New Zealand Geographer. 5 (2): 115–129. doi:10.1111/j.1745-7939.1949.tb01255.x. ISSN 1745-7939 0028-8144, 1745-7939 .

Abstract: The succession of foreign powers which have ruled Ponape provides a useful chronology in terms of which changes in farming and other aspects of acculturation can be discussed with informants living today. Five stages are distinguished by Ponapeans: the native period (before 1826); the pre-Spanish period (1826-1886), dominated by American whalers and missionaries, which lasted until the establishment of Spanish rule; the Spanish period (1886-1899); the German period (1899-1914); and the Japanese period (1914-1945). The Ponapeans' 'historical' interest in plants is to be seen also in their mythology, which accounts for the introduction of almost all useful plants of the native period, except kava, to Ponape from Yap and other islands of the Pacific in legendary times.

The discussion is concerned primarily with the Ponapean subsistence economy (as distinguished from the commercial economy based on copra) and the prestige economy' associated with feasting.

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