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Subsistence, ecology, and social organisation among the Hunzakut: a high-mountain people in the Karakorams
Eastern anthropologist • 46 (2) • Published In 1993 • Pages: 145-170
By: Sidky, M. H..
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This paper discusses the social and economic organizations of the Burusho of Hunza, northern Pakistan. It argues that the socioeconomic organizations of the Hanzakut people are shaped by a unique combination of production strategies they needed to pursue for surviving in this resource-poor and harsh high-mountain enviroment.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Ethos
- Functional and adaptational interpretations
- Cultural identity and pride
- Speech
- Linguistic identification
- Annual cycle
- Collecting
- Hunting and trapping
- Domesticated animals
- Pastoral activities
- Animal by-products
- Cereal agriculture
- Environmental quality
- Community structure
- Chief executive
- External relations
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Burusho
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2000
- 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
- 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.
- 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 ; 2006
- 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
- 1889-1993
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Hunza, Pakistan
- NotesAdditional notes
- M. H. Sidky
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 167-170)
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 59030548
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Burusho