essay
Infant, child, and adolescent growth, and adult physical status
Turkana herders of the dry savanna : ecology and biobehavioral response of nomads to an uncertain environment • Oxford • Published In 1999 • Pages: 186-204
By: Little, Michael A., Gray, Sandra J., Pike, Ivy Lynne, Mugambi, Mutuma.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This article tries to define patterns of growth, and to assess how these patterns reflect the bio-behavioral status of children in Turkana society. It also describes growth and adult physical status in the context of Turkana society and ecology as measured and observed by the researchers.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Development and maturation
- Infant feeding
- Descriptive somatology
- Anthropometry
- Physiological data
- Annual cycle
- Pastoral activities
- Gender roles and issues
- Settlement patterns
- Diet
- Disasters
- Aftermath of combat
- Childhood activities
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Turkana
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2010
- 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.
- Biologist
- 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
- Teferi Abate Adem; 2009
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1980-1996
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1980-1999
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Turkana, Kenya
- NotesAdditional notes
- Michael A. Little, Sandra J. Gray, Ivy L. Pike, and Mutuma Mugambi
- For bibliographical references see document 24: Little and Leslie
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 99219983
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Turkana (African people)