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Report to the Government of Bechuanaland on the Bushman Survey
Bechuanaland Government • Gaberones • Published In 1965 • Pages:
By: Silberbauer, George B..
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This work is an investigative report prepared by the author, a government official (Bushman Survey Officer), and submitted by him to the Commissioner for Bechuanaland, detailing the present state of the Bushman population of the Bechuanaland Protectorate. Emphasis in the study in primarily on the Gwi of the Central Desert. Basic coverage in the source in on the demography and location of the Bushmen, ecology and ecological adaptation, economic and subsistence activities, social organization, religion, and health and hygiene. Two additional chapters near the end of the source deal with problems of Bushmen acculturation on the European-owned ranches at Ghanzi and in the Bushmen-Bantu client-patron relationships. The author's recommendations to the government conclude the report.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Miscellaneous government activities
- Birth statistics
- Mortality
- Hunting and trapping
- Collecting
- Fauna
- Flora
- Kinship terminology
- Kin relationships
- Community structure
- Inter-community relations
- Basis of marriage
- Regulation of marriage
- Arranging a marriage
- Puberty and initiation
- Acculturation and culture contact
- Food preparation
- Diet
- Labor supply and employment
- Labor relations
- Child care
- Childhood activities
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- San
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2005
- 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
- Book
- Evaluation
- Creator TypesThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Ethnologist
- Government Official
- 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 ; 1988
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1958-1964
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- ca. 1958-1964
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Botswana
- NotesAdditional notes
- by George B. Silberbauer
- Cover title: Bushman survey report; an official report for the Bechuanaland Government
- The Gwi live in the Kade area, where Sugawara and Tanaka also carried out their fieldwork (See documents nos. 23, 25, 27, 41, and 42.)
- Includes bibliographical references
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 67005932
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- San (African people)