Book
Ecology of western Masailand, east Africa
University Microfilms Inc. • Ann Arbor, Mich. • Published In 1964 • Pages:
By: Talbot, Lee M. (Lee Merriam).
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This is an ecological study of Serengeti-Mara plains region and its surroundings in Kenya and Tanganyika; or, the study of western Maasailand by which Maasai territory west of the Great Rift Valley is understood. This division of Maasai should be noted as geographical, only. The grassland ecosystem with its wild fauna and the Maasai with their pastoral practices of over grazing and grass burning as principal components of the ecosystem are given detailed analysis in this doctoral thesis.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Geography
- Pastoral activities
- Exploitative activities
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Maasai
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 1996
- 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
- Book
- Evaluation
- Creator TypesThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Geographer
- Ecologist
- 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
- Dubravka Schmalzbauer ; Sigrid Khera ; 1973
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1956, 1959-1962
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1956-1962
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Kenya and Tanzania
- NotesAdditional notes
- by Lee Merriam Talbot
- Thesis (Ph.D.) -- University of California, Berkeley, 1963
- UM: 64-2144
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 429)
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Masai (African people)