FLORES, Island, Indonesia

flôrˈĕs, island, 6,627 sq mi (17,164 sq km), E Indonesia, one of the Lesser Sunda Islands. Flores is heavily wooded, rugged, and mountainous, rising to 7,872 ft (2,399 m). The inhabitants are predominantly Christian, mainly Roman Catholic; those in the west are chiefly Malayans, and those in the east are Papuans. Corn and coconuts are grown. Ende (1990 pop. 48,966) is the chief town and port. Originally under the rule of the princes of Sulawesi, Flores came under Dutch influence c.1618. The Dutch gradually gained control of the island, although Portugal held the eastern end until 1851 and the natives were not completely subjugated until 1907. The Flores Sea is north of the island and S of Sulawesi.

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books on: Flores Island Indonesia  - 630 results

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Little People and a Lost World: An Anthropological Mystery
Book by Linda Goldenberg; Twenty-First Century Books, 2007
Subjects: Excavations (Archaeology)--Indonesia--Flores Island, Flores Island (Indonesia)--Antiquities, Fossil Hominids--Indonesia--Flores Island, Human Remains (Archaeology)--Indonesia--Flores Island, Pygmies--Indonesia--Flores Island
...from ancient t bones discovered on Flores Island, Indonesia, in 2003. Copyright 2007 by Linda...alk. paper) 1. Fossil hominids-Indonesia-Flores Island. 2. Pygmies-Indonesia-Flores Island. 3. Excavations (Archaeology)-Indonesia...
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Indonesia: The Art of an Island Group
Book by Frits A. Wagner; McGraw-Hill Book Company, 1959
Subjects: Art--Indonesia--History
...today. In Indonesia, too, megaliths...But on Nias Island, on the other...Sumba and Flores in the Lesser...polychrome. Kei Islands . K. I. T...various areas of Indonesia gold and silver...the various Indonesian tribes have...primarily the islands in the east...islands, such as Flores, these are...
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Indonesia: The Art of an Island Group
Book by Frits A. Wagner, Ann E. Keep; McGraw-Hill, 1959
Subjects: Art--Indonesia--History
...today. In Indonesia, too, megaliths...But on Nias Island, on the other...Sumba and Flores in the Lesser...polychrome. Kei Islands . K. I. T...various areas of Indonesia gold and silver...the various Indonesian tribes have...primarily the islands in the east...islands, such as Flores, these are...
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Troubled Waters: Borders, Boundaries and Possession in the Timor Sea
Book by Ruth Balint; Allen & Unwin, 2005
Subjects: Australia--Boundaries--Timor Island, Fishers--Timor Island, Territorial Waters--Australia, Timor Island (Indonesia)--Boundaries--Australia, Timor Island (Indonesia)--History, Timor Island (Indonesia)--Politics And Government, Timor Island (Indonesia)--Social Life And Customs, Timor Sea
...heard stories in the fishing villages of southeast Indonesian islands about the possibility of pearling jobs. When she...they come from various places, Alor and Bau Bau and Flores. 34 Their journeys evoked the pre-European Timor...
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A Short History of Bali: Indonesia's Hindu Realm
Book by Robert Pringle; Allen & Unwin, 2004
Subjects: Bali Island (Indonesia)--Description And Travel, Bali Island (Indonesia)--History, Hinduism--Indonesia--Bali Island, Indonesia--History--1945-
...cent of the island's present population...Chinese who, under Indonesian law, have been...Catholics from Flores are driving...majority of the island remained forested...Tanah Toraja, Flores, Roti or any other region in Indonesia where bronze...
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journal articles on: Flores Island Indonesia  - 54 results

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Between Empowerment and Power: The Rise of the Self-Supporting Church in Western Flores, Eastern Indonesia (1)
Journal article by Maribeth Erb; SOJOURN: Journal of Social Issues in Southeast Asia, Vol. 21, 2006
Subjects: Catholic Church--History, Catholic Church--Influence, Christianity and culture--Political aspects, Church and state--History, Flores (Indonesia)--Political aspects, Indigenization (Christian theology)--Political aspects
...be sent to Flores (Orin Bao...Catholic island" in Indonesia. Manggarai...position of Flores as a distinctly Catholic island. After World...state of Indonesia that accorded...strategy, since Flores could not...from the island, many of...Catholics in Indonesia, educational...
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Contested Time and Place: Constructions of History in Todo, Manggarai (Western Flores, Indonesia)
Journal article by Maribeth Erb; Journal of Southeast Asian Studies, Vol. 28, 1997
Subjects: Historic buildings--Analysis, Historiography--Indonesia, Indonesia--History
...in eastern Indonesia that did...interest in Flores. Perhaps...Bima on the island of Sumbawa...migrated to Flores in the seventeenth...in eastern Indonesia were shifting...Minangkabau on the island of Sumatra...Textiles of Flores and the Solor Islands, ed. Roy...in eastern Indonesia. The anak...
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Construction Sacrifice, Kidnapping and Head-Hunting Rumors on Flores and Elsewhere in Indonesia
Journal article by R.H. Barnes; Oceania, Vol. 64, 1993
Subjects: Head-hunters--Research, Human sacrifice--Research, Indonesia--Popular culture, Kidnapping--Research
...confirm for Flores, can be located...Dutch, now Indonesian) perpetrators...Moluccan island of Banda...S. 1983. Flores in the Nineteenth...Non-Profitable Island. Indonesian Circle 31...Notes on Indonesia: Flores 1949-1950...Tanimbar Islands. Madison...
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Many Contexts, Many Meanings? Gendered Values among the Northern Lio of Flores, Indonesia
Journal article by Signe Howell; Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, Vol. 2, 1996
Subjects: Indigenous peoples--Indonesia, Indonesia--Demographic aspects, Sex--Social aspects
...people of the island of Flores in Eastern Indonesia. Lio sexes...gender in island southeast...an eastern Indonesian people. Oxford...of central Flores. Bijdr. Taal...gender in island southeast...in eastern Indonesia (trans...
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Tule, Philipus. Longing for the House of God, Dwelling in the House of the Ancestors: Local Belief and Christianity, and Islam among the Keo of Central Flores
Journal article by Eriko Aoki; Asian Folklore Studies, Vol. 65, 2006
Subjects: Books--Book reviews, Longing for the House of God, Dwelling in the House of the Ancestors: Local Belief and Christianity, and Islam among the Keo of Central Flores (Book)--Book reviews
...University in 2001. Tule has long been committed to enhancing Catholic understanding of Muslims in Indonesia, especially on his home island of Flores where Catholics form a majority of the population (unlike the situation in Indonesia as a whole...
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magazine articles on: Flores Island Indonesia  - 10 results

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Evolution's Mystery Woman: Disagreements Rage about Tiny Ancient Islanders
Magazine article by Bruce Bower; Science News, Vol. 170, November 18, 2006
Subjects: Body height--Research, Flores (Indonesia)--Natural history, Fossil vertebrates--Research, Island animals--Research, Island fauna--Research, Stature--Research, Vertebrates, Fossil--Research
...uncovered on the Indonesian island of Flores. The shape...The fossil islander triggered...analysis of the Flores fossils in...Yogyakarta, Indonesia, and his...from the Indonesian National...views of the Flores fossils will...discoveries on the island and with...
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Indonesia: This Vast Archipelago of Incredible Geographical Variety Is the Fourth Most Populous Country in the World
Magazine article; Geographical, Vol. 74, April 2002
Subjects: Geography--Indonesia, Historic sites--Indonesia, Indonesia--Demographic aspects, Natural history--Indonesia
...Australian and Phillipine tectonic plates. Indonesias most famous, Krakatau, killed 36,000 people...Extraordinary animals After Madagascar, the island of Sulawesi has the highest number of...volcano crater lakes on the island of Flores are constantly changing colour, as volcanic...
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Little Ancestor, Big Debate: Tiny Islanders' Identity Sparks Dispute
Magazine article by B. Bower; Science News, Vol. 170, July 15, 2006
Subjects: Flores (Indonesia)--Natural history, Fossils--Reorganization and restructuring, Homo floresiensis--Discovery and exploration, Homo floresiensis--Research
...ancestor found on the Indonesian island of Flores represent a new...Comparisons of a partial Flores skeleton with bones...arguments that that the island finds come either...that the Stone Age Flores finds came from...that reached the island, with the partial...
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Indonesia's Coral Reefs on the Line
Magazine article by John C. Ryan; World Watch, Vol. 14, May 2001
Subjects: Coral reef conservation--Management, Fishing--Environmental aspects, Indonesia--Natural resources
...mid-morning sun. Here in the port town of Labuanbajo, on the island of Flores, just east of Komodo National Park, I am on the far...both Wallaces Line and the line between happy tourist Indonesia and the decidedly more difficult nation most Indonesians...
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When the Boat Comes In
Magazine article by Stuart Isett; Geographical, Vol. 71, December 1999
Subjects: Indigenous peoples--Indonesia, Indonesia--Rites and ceremonies, International Whaling Commission--Standards, Whalers (Persons)--Evaluation
...rice and corn on nearby islands. While the threat of...economic crisis that hit Indonesia in 1997 and the plunging...cities in East Timor and Flores in search of better...break from covering the Indonesian elections, Isett headed east to the tip of Flores to photograph this months...
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newspaper articles on: Flores Island Indonesia  - 33 results

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British Divers Recover after Being Found on Remote Island; INTERNATIONAL INDONESIA
Newspaper article; The Birmingham Post (England), June 9, 2008
...return following a dive off Komodo National Park in Indonesia. Miss Allins father Dave said 12 people had gathered...were taken by motor boat to a medical centre on the island of Flores. The dive was organised by Ms Mitchinson and her husband...
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Is There Another Human Species Here on Earth? Hobbit-Like Remains Found in Indonesia
Newspaper article; Daily Post (Liverpool, England), October 28, 2004
...on a remote Indonesian island has raised the...the island of Flores. And experts...dwell on the islands of Indonesia. Dutch explorers who colonised Flores 100 years ago...lived on an Indonesian Island 18, 000 years...
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British Divers Vanish off Komodo Dragon Island
Newspaper article; The Evening Standard (London, England), June 6, 2008
Subjects: Scuba diving
...diving trip in Indonesia. The group, which...tropicalisland of Flores. The divers went...dragonsbetween the islands of Sumbawa and Flores yesterday. The...rescueteam from the Indonesian police and navy...off the coast of Indonesia. We are providingappropriate...
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British Divers Vanish off Komodo Dragon Island
Newspaper article; The Evening Standard (London, England), June 6, 2008
Subjects: Scuba diving
...24 hours on a diving trip in Indonesia. The group, which also included...Indian Ocean off the tropical island ofFlores. The divers went into...the islands of Sumbawa and Flores yesterday. The missing include...reported missing off the coast of Indonesia. We are providingappropriate...
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Alone on Dragon Island; SAFE: Kathleen Mitchinson Hugs Her Partner Ernest Lewandowski ORDEAL: Charlotte Allin and Former Royal Marine James Manning
Newspaper article; The Mail on Sunday (London, England), June 8, 2008
...noserious injuries. One Indonesian rescuer said: We...Komodo dragon on the island which was ready...nearby island of Flores, said the stranded...have lived in Indonesia for 15 years, the past seven on the islandof Flores, where they run...
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encyclopedia articles on: Flores Island Indonesia  - 4 results

 
 
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Flores , Island, Indonesia
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
FLORES , island, Indonesia flor es, island, 6,627 sq mi (17,164 sq km), E Indonesia, one of the Lesser Sunda Islands. Flores is heavily wooded, rugged...chief town and port. The Flores Sea is north of the island and S of Sulawesi. Among...
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Indonesia
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...the territory of the former Netherlands East Indies, Indonesias main island groups are the Greater Sunda Islands , which include...the Lesser Sunda Islands, consisting of Bali , Flores , Sumba , Lombok , and the western part of Timor...
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Sumba
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...sq mi (11,150 sq km), Indonesia, one of the Lesser Sundas...the Indian Ocean, S of Flores across Sumba Strait...port is Waingapu. The island is noted for horse breeding...was known as Sandalwood Island because of its large...of sandalwood. The island was first visited by...
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Sumbawa
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...or Soembawa both: soomba wa, island (1990 pop. 965,674), 5,964 sq mi (15,447 sq km), Indonesia, one of the Lesser Sundas, between the Flores Sea and the Indian Ocean. Bima...violent of modern times. The island is nearly split in two, from...


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