Book
Khasi kinship and social organisation
Calcutta University Press • (6) • Published In 1941 • Pages: 1-39
By: Chattopadhyay, K. P..
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
Chattopadhyay, head of the Department of Anthropology of Calcutta University, describes kin terminology and classification, succession, marriage restrictions and patterned kin relationships. On the basis of these data he indicates that the hypothesis of a former dual division of Khasi society is untenable.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Kinship
- Kin groups
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Khasi
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 1996
- RegionThe area the document pertains to
- Asia
- Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
- South Asia
- Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
- Book
- 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.
- 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
- Helen Takacs ; 1956
- 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)
- Meghalaya, India
- NotesAdditional notes
- K. P. Chattopadyay
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Khasi (Indic people)