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Settled Turkana
Turkana herders of the dry savanna : ecology and biobehavioral response of nomads to an uncertain environment • Oxford • Published In 1999 • Pages: 332-352
By: Campbell, Benjamin C., Leslie, Paul W., Little, Michael A., Brainard, Jean M.(Jean Mabel), DeLuca, Michael A..
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This article discusses the effects of settlement on nomadic pastoralist Turkana. It shows that settling nomadic pastoralists has both negative and positive consequences. The former includes a less balanced diet, less physical activity or exercise, loss of social integration and identity, congested living, and increased infection. Changes that may contribute improvements over the nomadic way of life include better hygiene, a more balanced diet, improved access to health care and education.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Settlement patterns
- Research and development
- Pastoral activities
- Annual cycle
- Land use
- Tillage
- Cereal agriculture
- Community structure
- Childbirth
- Infant feeding
- Mortality
- Birth statistics
- Public health and sanitation
- Diet
- Education system
- 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 TypesThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Biologist
- 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.
- 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
- Benjamin C. Campbell, Paul W. Leslie, Michael A, Little, Jean M. Brainard, and Michael A. DeLuca
- For bibliographical references see document 24: Little and Leslie
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 99219983
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Turkana (African people)