book chapter

The living races of the Sahara Desert

The Peabody Museum28 (2) • Published In 1958 • Pages: 83-103, 163-166 , 14 plates

By: Briggs, Lloyd Cabot.

Abstract
This document, by Cabot Briggs, a specialist in the ethnology of the North African area, is a survey of the Tuaregs of the Sahara (especially the Hoggar), and deals in great part with the nonmaterial aspects of their culture (social organization, morality, etc.). Subjects covered are: morality and personal hygiene, tribal divisions, social organization, marriage, property rights, descent systems, land tenure and tribute, economy and class systems, trading, livestock, raiding, types of shelter, clothing and cosmetics, slavery, smiths and their work, and religion and religious orders. Pages 163-166 deal almost exclusively with the Physical Anthropology of the Tuaregs. The study is based on source material, supplemented with the results of a field trip to the area.
Subjects
Cultural identity and pride
Classes
Clans
Gender status
Community heads
Status, role, and prestige
Historical reconstruction
culture
Tuareg
HRAF PubDate
2010
Region
Africa
Sub Region
Northern Africa
Document Type
book chapter
Evaluation
Creator Type
Ethnologist
Document Rating
4: Excellent Secondary Data
5: Excellent Primary Data
Analyst
John Beierle ; 1960
Field Date
ca. 1956
Coverage Date
1900-1956
Coverage Place
Niger and Algeria
Notes
L. Cabot Briggs
Includes bibliographical references (p. 203-212)
Included for this collection: pages: 83-103, 163-166; 14 plates
LCCN
a 59000145
LCSH
Tuaregs