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Sickness, death and burial among the Mongols of the Ordos Desert

Primitive man9Published In 1936 • Pages: 27-31

By: Kler, Joseph.

AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This is a very brief review of the sickness, death and burial beliefs and practices of the Ordos Mongols by a missionary observer who has been in close contact with the culture for a number of years.
SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
Bodily injuries
Life and death
Burial practices and funerals
cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
Inner 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
article
Evaluation
Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
Missionary
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
Leslie L. Clark ; 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
1928-1936
Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
Ih Juu, Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, China
NotesAdditional notes
[by] Joseph Kler
LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
99111903
LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
Mongolia/Mongols--Ethnology