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Studies of Irish rural settlement

Geographical Review48Published In 1958 • Pages: 554-566

By: Johnson, James Henry.

AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This source is a good introduction to the variety of rural Irish settlement patterns. The author concentrates on the distribution of isolated farm settlements as opposed to the [n]clachan[/n] type (groupings into hamlets). He provides a general overview of problems and theories concerning Irish rural settlement, with an examination of work by earlier researchers. Also covered are methods of investigating the origins, distribution and development of rural settlement patterns.
SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
Settlement patterns
Land use
Sociocultural trends
cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
Rural Irish
HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
2016
RegionThe area the document pertains to
Europe
Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
British Isles
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.
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
Timothy J. O'Leary; 1960
Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
not applicable
Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
1780-1910
Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
Ireland
NotesAdditional notes
James H. Johnson
Includes bibliogrphical references
LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
17015422
LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
Country life--Ireland