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Tribe and community among the Ghilzai Pashtun: preliminary notes on ethnographic distribution and variation in eastern Afghanistan

Anthropos70Published In 1978 • Pages: 575-601

By: Anderson, Jon W..

AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This is a preliminary report on some basic ethnographic features of tribal distribution, settlement patterns, and community organization in the Ghilzai Pashtun region of eastern Afghanistan (p. 575). Additional data are also presented on the names of the various Ghilzai Pashtun groups, ecology of the region, land tenure, and economy.
SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
Identification
Location
Settlement patterns
Real property
Tribe and nation
Community structure
cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
Pashtun
HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
2002
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.
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
John Beierle ; 2001
Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
1972-1973
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)
Ghilzai Pashtun region, eastern Afghanistan
NotesAdditional notes
Jon Anderson
Includes bibliographical references (p. 600-601)
LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
07021775
LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
Pushtuns