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Nicobari tribe of the Car Nicobar Island: keeping pace with time
Journal of Human Ecology • 16 (3) • Published In 2004 • Pages: 155-161
By: Chauhan, Nidhi, Padalia, Hitendra, Gupta, Stutee, Porwal, M. C. (Mahesh Chandra), Roy, P. S. (Partha Sarathi).
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This article on the ethnobotany of Car Nicobar Island provides an overview of island history, a summary of population and climate, and an inventory of plants and their uses. Using satellite data, the author identifies the botanical zones on the island and major plant species. Soil properties are also discussed.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Population
- Composition of population
- Topography and geology
- Soil
- Flora
- Agriculture
- Diet
- Pharmaceuticals
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Nicobarese
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2016
- 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.
- Ethnographer
- 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
- Ian Skoggard; 2014
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 2002-2003
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1901-2003
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Car Nicobar Island, Nicobar Islands, Andaman and Nicobar Islands, India
- NotesAdditional notes
- Nidhi Chauhan, Hitendra Padalia, Stutee Gupta, M.C. Porwal and P.S. Roy
- Included bibliographical references (p. 161)
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 90902639
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Nicobarese (Indic people)