book chapter
Some tribal origins, laws, and customs of the Balkans
George Allen and Unwin • London • Published In 1928 • Pages:
By: Durham, M. E. (Mary Edith).
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
In this volume the author has reworked the materials in many of her earlier monographs and papers on Albania, Montenegro, Serbia and Bosnia. Although the data is presented in a folkloristic framework this does not detract from its value and reliability. The best sections are those on tribal groupings in Northern Albania and Montenegro, law and blood feuds, rites of passage, sorcery and witchcraft and on medical beliefs.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- History
- Tribe and nation
- Extended families
- Clans
- Theological systems
- Offenses against life
- Decorative art
- Personal grooming
- Body alterations
- Revelation and divination
- Magical and mental therapy
- Medical therapy
- Sorcery
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Albanians
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2012
- RegionThe area the document pertains to
- Europe
- Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
- Southeastern Europe
- Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
- book chapter
- Evaluation
- Creator TypesThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Traveler
- Folklorist
- 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 J. Theodoratus ; 1962
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1900-1920
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1908-1910
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Northern Albania
- NotesAdditional notes
- M. E. Durham
- pages 35-62, 77-120, 132-151, 157-190, 215-242 were not processed for the files
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 313-314) and index
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 29005196
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Albanians
- Tribes--Balkan Peninsula
- Balkan Peninsula--Social life and customs