book chapter
Kinship systems of the Altaic-speaking peoples of the Asiatic steppe
[s.n.] • [s.l.] • Published In 1953 • Pages:
By: Krader, Lawrence.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This is a comparative and historical study of the kinship systems and social structures of the Turco-Mongol steppe peoples of Asia, with extensive analysis of the Buryat Mongols, the Ordos Mongols, the Volga Kalmyk, the Monguor of Kansu, and the Kazakh-Kirgiz. It also includes data on the Orkhon-Yenisei Turks of the 6th-8th centuries A.D., the eastern Mongols of the 13th-17th centuries (Khalkha annd Chahar Mongols), and the Kazakhs of the Altai. The central problem raised by the author is 'to determine whether common kinship features form a distinctive structure, such that the transition from one to the other can be demonstrated to be systematic and orderly; i.e., to determine whether there is a common pattern upon which each people has composed a variation.' The source is particularly rich in data and analyses of kinship terminology, community structure, the legal and sociological aspects of inheritance, and the economic and ecological bases of these steppe societies. The material presented and analyzed is based on a wide coverage of the historical and ethnological literature on the area and the particular peoples involved. There are numerous charts and tables, and a comprehensive bibliography is provided at the end of Part II. HRAF pagination has been added for the appendix.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Culture summary
- Kinship terminology
- Kin relationships
- Kin groups
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Mongolia
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2006
- RegionThe area the document pertains to
- Asia
- Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
- Central Asia
- Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
- book chapter
- Evaluation
- Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Social Scientist
- 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.
- 4: Excellent Secondary Data
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- Eugene Lerner ; 1955
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- No date
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1200-1950
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- China, Mongolia, and Russia
- NotesAdditional notes
- [by] Lawrence Krader
- Thesis (Ph.D.) -- Harvard University, 1953
- Manuscript obtained on loan from the library of the Peabody Museum of American Archaeology and Ethnology
- Information on the descent group which the author terms a 'clan' has been indexed for Clans (614).
- Includes bibliography
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Mongols--Ethnology/Mongols--Kinship