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Camel raiding of north Arabian Bedouin: a mechanism of ecological adaptation
American anthropologist • 67 (5) • Published In 1965 • Pages: 1132-1150
By: Sweet, Louise Elizabeth.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This article discusses the social, economic and ecological functions of camel raiding among North Arabian Bedouins. It considers camel raiding as a core element of Bedouin culture by which camels are distributed across agro-ecological zones in ways that is adaptive both to changing environmental conditions and existing power relations among tribal sections and competing local leaders. Camel raiding also provided a unique opportunity by which ambitious individuals earned esteem and improved status by displaying their courage and military prowess.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Animal transport
- Pastoral activities
- Instigation of war
- Inter-community relations
- Warfare
- Tribe and nation
- Community heads
- Status, role, and prestige
- Etiquette
- Sociocultural trends
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Bedouin
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2009
- 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
- article
- Evaluation
- Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Anthropologist
- 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
- Teferi Abate Adem; 2007
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1958-1959
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1925-1959
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Saudi Arabia, Syria and Iraq
- NotesAdditional notes
- Louise E. Sweet
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 1149-1150)
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 17015424
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Bedouins