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Iran: an overview
HRAF • New Haven, Conn. • Published In 2006 • Pages:
By: Beeman, William O..
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This document is a culture history of Iran from approximaely 1000 B.C. with the arrival of the Aryan peoples (Medes and Persians)on the Iranian plateau to the present day (2006 A.D). The summary is understandably brief in ethnographic coverage, but does give a comprehensive overview of some of the major features of Iranian society from one of the earliest periods in the region to the modern era.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Culture summary
- 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
- 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.
- 4: Excellent Secondary Data
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- John Beierle ; 2006
- 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
- 1000 B.C. - 2006 A.D.
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Iran
- NotesAdditional notes
- William O. Beeman
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 55-60)
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Iran/Iran--Social life and customs