Organization and Analysis of Results

Population

Composition of Population

Linguistic Identification

Community Heads

Territorial Organization

Territorial Hierarchy

Public Works

Occupational Specialization

Division of Labor by Gender

Material Not Relevant

Ethos

Miscellaneous Facilities

Religious Denominations

Cereal Agriculture

Real Property

Labor Supply and Employment

Classes

Status, Role, and Prestige

Burial Practices and Funerals

Mourning

Eschatology

Glossary

Age Stratification

Kinship Terminology

Dwellings

Grounds

Settlement Patterns

Land Transport

Household

Regulation of Marriage

Arranging a Marriage

Termination of Marriage

Residence

Polygamy

Body Alterations

Architecture

Musical and Theatrical Productions

Chief Executive

External Relations

Military Organization

Instigation of War

Location

Climate

Topography and Geology

Bibliographies in Sources

External Migration

Production and Supply

Retail Marketing

Form and Rules of Government

Fishing

Domesticated Animals

Poultry Raising

Tillage

Diet

Buying and Selling

Food Preparation

Eating

Mutual Aid

Nuclear Family

Extended Families

Shamans and Psychotherapists

Priesthood

Organized Ceremonial

Internal Trade

Theory of Disease

Medical Therapy

Identification

Rest Days and Holidays

Ordering of Time

Kin Relationships

Rules of Descent

Community Structure

Reviews and Critiques

Phonology

Writing

Social Relationships and Groups

Inheritance

Status and Treatment of the Aged

General Character of Religion

Spirits and Gods

Speech

Ethics

Social Control

Theological Systems

Prophets and Ascetics

Congregations

Infant Care

Child Care

Techniques of Socialization

Independence Training

Transmission of Cultural Norms

CULTURE SUMMARY: CENTRAL THAI

ETHNONYMS

ORIENTATION

HISTORY AND CULTURAL RELATIONS

SETTLEMENTS

ECONOMY

KINSHIP

MARRIAGE AND FAMILY

SOCIOPOLITICAL ORGANIZATION

RELIGION AND EXPRESSIVE CULTURE

SYNOPSIS

INDEX NOTES

RELIGIOUS BELIEFS

RELIGIOUS PRACTITIONERS

CEREMONIES

ARTS

MEDICINE

DEATH AND AFTERLIFE

IDENTIFICATION AND LOCATION

DEMOGRAPHY

LINGUISTIC AFFILIATION

SUBSISTENCE AND COMMERCIAL ACTIVITIES

INDUSTRIAL ARTS

TRADE

DIVISION OF LABOR

LAND TENURE

KIN GROUPS AND DESCENT

KINSHIP TERMINOLOGY

MARRIAGE

DOMESTIC UNIT

INHERITANCE

SOCIALIZATION

SOCIAL ORGANIZATION

POLITICAL ORGANIZATION

SOCIAL CONTROL

CONFLICT

BIBLIOGRAPHY

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The Central Thai live in central and southern Thailand and speak a dialect of the Thai language of the Tai-Kadai family.  The original home of the Thai people was in the Chinese province of Yunnan from where they migrated south in successive waves, beginning about AD 1050. Wet-rice agriculture dominates the economy with about four-fifths of the population living in rural communities. The kingdom of Thailand was never colonized by a Western nation. Practicing Theravada Buddhism, most of Thai men have been ordained as priests, although only a small minority makes the priesthood their life work.

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