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Ethnobotany of the Kwanyama Ovambos, South West Africa, 1973
Research reports - National Geographic Society • 13 • Published In 1981 • Pages: 521-543
By: Rodin, Robert J..
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
Drawing on data collected by researchers in different decades, this study focuses on the identification, use, and conservation of a variety of plants by the Ovambo.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Flora
- Preservation and storage of food
- Diet
- Alcoholic beverages
- Settlement patterns
- Division of labor by gender
- Residence
- Rule of descent
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Ovambo
- RegionThe area the document pertains to
- Africa
- Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
- Southern 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.
- Botanist
- 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
- Teferi Abate Adem; 2021
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1947-1948; 1973
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1947-1973
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- northern Oshana and western Ohangwena regions, Namibia
- NotesAdditional notes
- Robert J. Rodin
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 543)
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 68026794
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Ovambo (African people)