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Ambiguous relations: kin, class, and conflict among Komachi pastoralists

Smithsonian Institution PressWashingtonPublished In 1990 • Pages: xxix, 240

By: Bradburd, Daniel.

AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This is a study of the Komachi pastoral nomads of Kerman Province, southern Iran during the author's field work with them in 1973-1975. Major emphasis in this work in on marriage negotiations, the place of shepherds in the society, and the apparently unstable nature of the region's pastoral communities (p. 12). Additional data will be found on kinship, class structure and practices, culture history, economics, and the relationship between the shepherds and their wealthy employers.
SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
Annual cycle
Pastoral activities
Woven and other interworked fabrics
Settlement patterns
Production and supply
External trade
Mercantile business
Labor supply and employment
Labor relations
Accumulation of wealth
Classes
Social relationships and groups
Kin relationships
Tribe and nation
Community structure
cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
Iran
HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
2000
RegionThe area the document pertains to
Middle East
Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
Middle East
Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
Book
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 ; 2005
Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
1973-1975
Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
1900-1975
Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
Komachi nomads, Kerman Province, southern Iran
NotesAdditional notes
Daniel Bradburd
Includes bibliographical references (221-231) and index
LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
89039784
LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
Iranians/Komachi (Iranian people)--Social conditions/Komachi (Iranian people)--Kinship/Komachi (Iranian people)--Economic conditions/Shepherds--Iran--Kirmān (Province)/Social classes--Iran--Kirmān (Province)/Kirmān (Iran : Province)--Social conditions/Kirmān (Iran : Province)--Economic conditions