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Ecology and social structure among the North eastern Ibo
Africa • 31 • Published In 1961 • Pages: 117-134
By: Jones, Gwilym Iwan.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
Jones proposes that the distinctive features of the Northeastern Igbo social structure are a modification of the more typical Igbo structure. Further, he posits that this modification is in response to new environmental conditions. He compares the respective agricultural systems, patterns of territorial expansion and supporting mythological charters, and residential and land tenure systems. Jones illustrates how the aforementioned patterns, representing distinctive Northeastern Igbo forms, were reflected in their marriage and kinship relations, as well as their political organization.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Cultural participation
- Functional and adaptational interpretations
- Sociocultural trends
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Igbo
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2003
- RegionThe area the document pertains to
- Africa
- Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
- Western Africa
- Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
- article
- Evaluation
- Creator TypesThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Ethnologist
- Government Official
- 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
- Del Childs ; Marlene Martin ; 1980-1981
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1929, 1956
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1929, 1956
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- northeastern Igbo, Nigeria
- NotesAdditional notes
- Gwilym Iwan Jones
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 134)
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 29010790
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Igbo (African people)