Schwimmer Taro Exchange

Post date: Nov 29, 2011 5:59:20 PM

Overview

Network Dataset

The dataset name is TARO, and includes one 22-by-22 matrix, symmetric, binary.

Background

These data represent the relation of gift-giving (taro exchange) among 22 households in a Papuan village. Hage & Harary (1983) used them to illustrate a graph Hamiltonian cycle. Schwimmer points out how these ties function to define the appropriate persons to mediate the act of asking for or receiving assistance among group members.

References

• • Hage P. and Harary F. (1983). Structural models in anthropology. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

• Schwimmer E. (1973). Exchange in the social structure of the Orokaiva. New York: St Martins.