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The social organization of the Nama Hottentots of South Africa
American anthropologist, n.s. • 27 (1) • Published In 1925 • Pages: 1-24
By: Hoernlé, Winifred .
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This article describes Nama Hottentot social organization. Data are given on the tribes and sibs, and a listing of the kinship terms is included with some discussion of interpersonal relationships as they relate to this terminology.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- History
- Linguistic identification
- Traditional history
- Community structure
- Real property
- Clans
- Tribe and nation
- Settlement patterns
- Household
- Kinship terminology
- Avuncular and nepotic relatives
- Kin relationships
- Regulation of marriage
- Acculturation and culture contact
- Sociocultural trends
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Khoi
- 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
- Southern Africa
- Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
- article
- 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
- James Leary ; 1958
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1912-1913
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1900-1925
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- South Africa
- NotesAdditional notes
- A. Winifred Hoernlé
- Includes bibliographical references
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 17015424
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Khoisan (African people)