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Ngisonyoka event calendar

Turkana herders of the dry savanna : ecology and biobehavioral response of nomads to an uncertain environmentOxfordPublished In 1999 • Pages: 375-378

By: Leslie, Paul W., Dyson-Hudson, Rada, Lowoto, Eliud Achwee, Munyesi, Joseph.

AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This document provides a list of major events that occurred in Southern Turkana, circa 1905-1991.The information was collected based on numerous interviews with knowledgeable informants. The list has served researchers as a bench mark or calendar for reconstructing local history and biography.
SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
Mathematics
Traditional history
Interviewing in research
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
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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.
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
1983-1994
Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
1905-1992
Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
Turkana, Kenya
NotesAdditional notes
Paul W. Leslie, Rada Dyson-Hudson, Eliud Achwee Lowoto, and Joseph Munyesi
For bibliographical references see document 24: Little and Leslie
LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
99219983
LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
Turkana (African people)