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DEEL, GER, and altar: continuity and change in Mongolian material culture

Modern Mongolia : reclaiming Genghis KhanPhiladelphiaPublished In 2001 • Pages: 65-90

By: Bikales, Eliot Grady.

AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
The author describes the different styles and materials used in clothing, ornamentation, housing, and furniture under three 20th-century Mongolian political systems: Manchu Dynasty feudalism, Soviet-inspired communism, and market-economy democracy. This chapter from 'Modern Mongolia' (see documents nos. 24, 25 and 27) includes 30 photographs.
SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
Normal garb
Ornament
Personal grooming
Dwellings
Furniture
Building interiors and arrangement
Utensils
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
essay
Evaluation
Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
Art Historian
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
5: Excellent Primary Data
AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
Ian Skoggard ; 2005
Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
1993-1995
Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
1900-2000
Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
Mongolia
NotesAdditional notes
Eliot Grady Bikales
Includes bibliographical references
LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
2001004443
LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
Mongolia