book chapter
The Bhils: a study
Bharatiya Adimjati Sevak Sangh • Delhi • Published In 1956 • Pages:
By: Naik, T. B. Thakorlal Bharabhai).
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
Naik, an overseas lecturer in cultural anthropology at the London School of Oriental and African studies, deals here with the Bhils of Rajpipla and West Khandesh. A general ethnography, this document includes material on linguistics and physical anthropology. Also covered in detail are the life cycle, religion, social structure, crime, and economics. Pp. 255-344, and 349-351 have not been included in this collection, inasmuch as they deal with transcriptions of oral literature and the possible future of Bhil culture.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- History and culture change
- Human biology
- Language
- Kinship terminology
- Production and supply
- Marriage
- Reproduction
- Religious beliefs
- Literary texts
- Crime
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Bhil
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2010
- 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 chapter
- 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
- James R. Leary; 1959; John Beierle; 2008
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1943-1954
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1943-1954
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Rajpipla and western Khandesh Regions, Gujarat Area, western India
- NotesAdditional notes
- T. B. Naik
- Omitted from the File: p. 255-344, 349-351
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 355-357)
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 58044156
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Bhil (Indic people)