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Blood groups from the Andaman and Nicobar Islands

Bulletin of the department of anthropology1Published In 1953 • Pages: 25-30 , 1 plate

By: Sarkar, S. S..

AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
Blood types were obtained from 196 individuals representing four tribal groups: the Onges (34), Jarawas (4), Andamanese (22) of the Andaman Islands, and the Nicobarese (136). No sampling techniques seem to have been used, and except for the Jarawa cases (all siblings), no genealogical data are provided. Comparative data are included from earlier sources on these tribes and from other Oceanic and Southeast Asian peoples, and the author draws some historical inferences concerning racial affiliations and population migrations and mixtures.
SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
Genetics
Racial identification
Tests and schedules administered in the field
Settlement patterns
Historical reconstruction
Regulation of marriage
Normal garb
Population
Composition of population
Descriptive somatology
Morbidity
Ornament
Kinship terminology
Invalidism
cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
Andamans
HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
1995
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.
Physical Anthropologist
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
Robert O. Lagacé ; 1962
Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
1948
Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
1948-1953
Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
Andaman Islands, India
NotesAdditional notes
S. S. Sarkar
Includes bibliography
LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
Andamanese (Indic people)