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Culture Summary: Cambodians

Human Relations Area FilesNew Haven, Conn.Published In 2012 • Pages:

By: Ebihara, May, Adem, Teferi Abate.

AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This is a culture summary of the Khmers. Information is presented on major aspects of the Khmer culture.
SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
Identification
Culture summary
cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
Cambodians
HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
2012
RegionThe area the document pertains to
Asia
Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
Southeast 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
Teferi Abate Adem; 2012
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
not specified
Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
Cambodia
NotesAdditional notes
May Ebihara
This culture summary is based on the article, "Khmer" by Nancy May Ebihara, in the Encyclopedia of World Culture, Vol. 3, South Asia, 1992.Paul Hockings, ed. MacMillan Reference, USA. The sections on Identification and Location, History and Cultural Relations, Economy, and Political Organization were revised in July 2012 by Teferi Abate Adem.
Includes bibliographical references
LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
Khmers
Cambodia