essay

The ancestors at home: domestic worship in a land-poor Taiwanese village

AncestorsThe HaguePublished In 1976 • Pages: 373-385

By: Harrell, Stevan.

AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This essay describes the management of ancestor cults in a village where lineages and substantial inheritable wealth are absent.
SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
Occupational specialization
Labor supply and employment
Kin relationships
Lineages
Community structure
Cult of the dead
Prayers and sacrifices
Organized ceremonial
cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
Taiwan Hokkien
HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
1995
RegionThe area the document pertains to
Asia
Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
East Asia
Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
essay
Evaluation
Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
Ethnologist
Document Rating A ranking done by HRAF anthropologists based on the strength of the source material on a scale of 1 to 5, as follows: 1 - poor; 2 - fair; 3 - good, useful data, but not uniformly excellent; 4 - excellent secondary data; 5 - excellent primary data.
5: Excellent Primary Data
AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
J. A. Simpson; John Beierle
Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
1972-1973
Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
not specified
Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
Ploughshare (Lei-ci-be) village, Taipei hsien, Hai-shan region, Taiwan
NotesAdditional notes
C. Stevan Harrell
Includes bibliography
LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
Taiwanese