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The Jarawa of the Andaman Islands

Anthropos57Published In 1962 • Pages: 670-677

By: Sarkar, S. S..

AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This article is a synthesis of data on the Jarawa of the Andaman Islands (including the North Sentinel and South Andaman Jarawa), obtained from Sarkar's work and that of others. Sarkar's data are based on observations on their material culture; he never actually met any Jarawa. Sarkar discusses government punitive expeditions against the Jarawa and suggests ways of improving relationships.
SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
External relations
Dwellings
Boats
Utensils
Cultural participation
History
Paint and dye manufacture
Acculturation and culture contact
Weapons
Water supply
General tools
Ethnobotany
Warfare
Prehistory
Settlement patterns
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
John Beierle ; 1965
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
1912-1952
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)