Book
The Lapps
Princeton University Press for the American Scandinavian Foundation • Princeton, N.j. • Published In 1949 • Pages:
By: Collinder, Björn.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This is a general description of the Saami based on fieldwork and an survey of the earlier records. The monograph combines both historical and functional viewpoints and focuses on subsistence activities and religion. The topics discussed include language, race, national character, subsistence, clothing, dwellings, life cycle, religion, the arts, and food and drink. The concluding chapter treats of ancient and modern opinions of the Saami with a discussion of various authors.
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Saami
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 1996
- RegionThe area the document pertains to
- Europe
- Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
- Scandinavia
- 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.
- Linguist
- 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
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- Timothy J. O'Leary ; 1961
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- ca. 1935
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- not specified
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Norway, Sweden, and Finland
- NotesAdditional notes
- Björn Collinder
- Internal diversity is the underlying theme of this monograph and Cultural Participation (184), has not been used extensively. Readers who are interested in the subject of internal diversity should consult the book in its entirety.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 235-247) and index
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Sami (European people)