Publication Information
Author:
Atran,
Scott
Title:
Hamula organisation and Masha'a tenure in
Palestine
Published in: Man (N.S.) -- Vol. 21, no. 2
Published By:
Man (N.S.) -- Vol. 21, no. 2
[London]: [Royal Anthropological Institute of Great
Britain and Ireland, etc.], 1986. 271-295 p.
By line: Scott Atran
HRAF Publication Information: New Haven, Conn.:
HRAF, 2005. Computer File
Culture:
Palestinians (M013)
Subjects:
REAL PROPERTY (423);
ACQUISITION AND RELINQUISHMENT OF PROPERTY (425);
AVUNCULAR AND NEPOTIC RELATIVES (604);
SIBS (614);
COMMUNITY STRUCTURE (621);
Abstract:
Based on historical sources, the author examines
the Palestinian land tenure system (MASHA'A) and assesses its vulnerability to
outside interference and land dispossession. The MASHA'A was a system of
communal land tenure in which land was redistributed every one to five years,
depending on region, in order to share risk among cultivators. Atran discusses
cultivation practices and the social composition of the villages. In the second
part of the article, he focuses his attention on the history of two hill
villages and shows the close 'organic' relationship between village social
organization and agrarian regime. He argues against claims that this system was
unproductive and susceptible to land alienation.
Document Number:
27
Document ID: m013-027
Document Type:
Journal Article
Language:
English
Note:
Includes bibliographical
references (p. 292-295)
Field Date:
not specified
Evaluation:
Ethnologist-4,5
Analyst:
Ian Skoggard ;
2004
Coverage Date:
1840-1944
Coverage Place:
Israel and Occupied
Territories
LCSH:
Palestinian Arabs
