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Culture summary: Tamil
Human Relations Area Files • New Haven, Conn. • Published In 2009 • Pages:
By: Maloney, Clarence.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This is a culture summary of the Tamil. Information is presented on major aspects of Tamil 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)
- Tamil
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2009
- 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
- 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.
- 4: Excellent Secondary Data
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- John Beierle; 2007
- 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
- 400 BC-AD 2001
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Tamil Nadu state and Pondicherry territory, India
- NotesAdditional notes
- Clarence Maloney
- This culture summary is based on the article, "Tamil," by Clarence Maloney, in the Encyclopedia of World Cultures, Vol. 3, South Asia, Paul Hockings, ed. Boston, Mass.: G. K. Hall & Co. 1992. Material from the 2001 Census of India (Office of the Registrar General, India) and Dyson (2001) was added to the Demography section by the editor in May 2008.
- Includes bibliographical references.
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Tamil (Indic people)