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Regional variation in !Kung populations
Kalahari hunter-gatherers : studies of the !Kung San and their neighbors • Cambridge, Mass. • Published In 1976 • Pages: 152-165, 398
By: Harpending, Henry.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
The material in this article focuses on problems relevant to population and health issues as they exist among the !Kung San of Botswana. Data include information on demography (birth and death statistics, migrations, disease), fertility, and human biology (e.g., genetics, nutrition, etc.).
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Theoretical orientation in research and its results
- Organization and analysis of results of research
- Genetics
- Birth statistics
- Morbidity
- Mortality
- Functional and adaptational interpretations
- 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
- 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 ; 1988
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- no date
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- ca. 1968-1969, 1975
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- !Kung San, Botswana
- NotesAdditional notes
- Henry Harpending
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 75028320
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- San (African people)