essay
The Okiek and their history
Azania • 9 (1) • Published In 1974 • Pages: 139-157
By: Blackburn, Roderic H..
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This is a brief synopsis, with emphasis on cultural identity, social organization (local groups, lineages, age sets), as well as on technological artifacts, ecology, physical types, theories of origin (both traditional and historically reconstructed), and recent history.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Identification
- Tribe and nation
- Lineages
- Clans
- Acculturation and culture contact
- Hunting and trapping
- Collecting
- External relations
- Historical reconstruction
- Traditional history
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Okiek
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2014
- 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.
- Ethnologist
- 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
- John Beierle; 2012
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1968-1970
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1968-1970
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Mau Escarpment, Narok district, Rift Valley province, Kenya
- NotesAdditional notes
- by Roderic H. Blackburn
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 156-157)
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 71011575
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Okiek (African people)
- Dorobo (African people)