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The structure of kinship and its relationship to land possession and residence in Pata Dumbara, central Ceylon
Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute of Great Britian and Ireland • 88 • Published In 1958 • Pages: 21-44
By: Tambiah, Stanley Jeyaraja.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This short study on the social structure of Pata Dumbara District in central Ceylon presents facts regarding the dynamics of Sinhalese kinship by showing the nexus of kin terminology, marriage, inheritance, residence and kinship groupings. It is supported with case history material.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Kinship
- Kin groups
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Sinhalese
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 1997
- 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.
- Sociologist
- 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
- Dubravka Schmalzbauer ; John Beierle ; 1969-1972
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- July-August 1955
- 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)
- Pata Dumbara District, Sri Lanka
- NotesAdditional notes
- S. J. Tambiah
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 44)
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- sn79006341
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Sinhalese (Sri Lankan people)