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Concepts of time among the Tiv of Nigeria

Southwestern journal of anthropologyAlbuquerquePublished In 1953 • Pages: 251-262

By: Bohannan, Paul.

AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
The way Tiv indicate time over short periods and long periods, including the words for these periods, is discussed by the author within the context of the fact that time is indicated but not measured in this culture. The relation to time concepts to the basic agricultural cycle, and to Tiv market patterns is indicated. The problem of establishing exact geneologies is also discussed.
SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
Traditional history
Ordering of time
Ethnophysics
cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
Tiv
HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
1998
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 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.
5: Excellent Primary Data
AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
Leslie L. Clark ; 1958
Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
1949-1953
Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
1949-1953
Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
Benue State, Nigeria
NotesAdditional notes
Paul Bohannan
LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
47005758
LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
Tiv (African people)