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Nuer cultural summary

[s.n.]New Haven, Conn.Published In 1956 • Pages:

By: Murdock, George Peter.

AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This article consists of a culture summary made by the author, a professional anthropologist, from published and unpublished materials read and analyzed by him. It mentions in brief information about basic economy, property, marriage and family, residence, consanguineal kin groups and exogamy, kinship terminology, community organization, as well as sources.
SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
Culture summary
cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
Nuer
HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
2002
RegionThe area the document pertains to
Africa
Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
Eastern Africa
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.
Anthropologist
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
Robert Lee ; 1957
Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
1931
Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
Sobat Province, South Sudan; Jonglei Province, South Sudan
NotesAdditional notes
George P. Murdock
Includes bibliographical references (p. 7-8)
LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
Nuer (African people)