essay

Basque isolation: fact or problems?

Symposium on community studies in anthropologySeattle, Wash.Published In 1964 • Pages: 20-31

By: Levine, Morton H..

AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This paper is concerned with the problem of Basque isolation and the role of the community study as a topic of ethnographic interest in isolation research analysis. In the first part the author examines the evidence for Basque isolation in terms of linguistic and blood type analysis. The evidence seems to indicate a strong correlation in Basque antiquity with numerous contacts between Basque and non-Basque peoples, at least as far as the linguistic data indicates. The blood group gene frequency evidence is not as clear. The second part of the paper deals in a more theoretical manner with the propriety of the community study as a unit in isolation research. This section deals in large part with suggestions for future work in this field.
SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
Theoretical orientation in research and its results
Genetics
Historical reconstruction
Acculturation and culture contact
Sociocultural trends
Vocabulary
cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
Basques
HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
2000
RegionThe area the document pertains to
Europe
Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
Southern Europe
Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
essay
Evaluation
Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
Ethnologist
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 ; 1990-1991
Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
no date
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)
Spain and France
NotesAdditional notes
[by] Morton H. Levine
Includes bibliographical references (p. 30-31)
LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
Basques