Book
Land & peoples of the Andamans: a geographical & socio-economical study with a short account of the Nicobar Islands
The Post-Graduate Book Mart • Calcutta • Published In 1962 • Pages:
By: Sen, Probhat Kumar.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This work provides a thorough survey of the physical geography of the Andaman Islands (location, topography, climate, geology, soils, vegetation, and mineral resources) and a culture summary of the natives, i.e., the Jarawa, Ongee, Andamanese, and the Sentinelese. There is also a summary of Andaman culture history.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Topography and geology
- Climate
- History
- External relations
- Flora
- Identification
- Water supply
- Population
- Acculturation and culture contact
- Historical reconstruction
- Composition of population
- Ethnic stratification
- Settlement patterns
- Cultural goals
- Comparative evidence
- Sociocultural trends
- Birth statistics
- Racial identification
- Boats
- Functional and adaptational interpretations
- Descriptive somatology
- 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
- Book
- Evaluation
- Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Geographer
- 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 ; 1965
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- ca. 1955
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1788-1962
- 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
- Probhat Kumar Sen
- This was originally written in partial fulfillment of the requirements for a Master of Science degree from Calcutta University
- Only the introductory material (5 pp.), pp. i-xix, and 1-76 are included
- Includes index and bibliography
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Andamanese (Indic people)