Ilongot headhunting, 1883-1974 : a study in History and Society / by Renato Rosaldo.
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TextDescription: 349 pages : some illustrations ; 28 cmSubject(s): Ilongot (Philippine people) -- Social life and customs | Headhunters -- Philippines -- Luzon -- History | Ethnology -- Philippines -- HistoryLOC classification: DS 666 | R67 1978Summary: " This study is based on 30 months of field research conducted among the Ilongots in 1967-1969 and 1974. During the period of research the Ilongots numbered at most 3500 people. They resided in dispersed clusters of about 10 houses that provided shelter for about 65 people. Marriage was monogamous with a low divorce rate and post-marital residence was uxorilocal by household. Subsistence was mixed between foraging and dry ice horticulture; and wild pigs while the women carried out most of the continuous labor in their gardens of rice, root crops, sugar cane, tobacco, bananas, corn, and vegetables. Until 1972 headhunting remained a central cultural practice for many Ilongots." -- pages 10-11
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" This study is based on 30 months of field research conducted among the Ilongots in 1967-1969 and 1974. During the period of research the Ilongots numbered at most 3500 people. They resided in dispersed clusters of about 10 houses that provided shelter for about 65 people. Marriage was monogamous with a low divorce rate and post-marital residence was uxorilocal by household. Subsistence was mixed between foraging and dry ice horticulture; and wild pigs while the women carried out most of the continuous labor in their gardens of rice, root crops, sugar cane, tobacco, bananas, corn, and vegetables. Until 1972 headhunting remained a central cultural practice for many Ilongots." -- pages 10-11
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