book chapter

The Hoggar Tuareg

PayotParisPublished In 1944 • Pages: HRAF ms: viii, 190 [Original: 415 , 8 plates]

By: Lhote, Henri, Sipfle, Mary-Alice.

AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
Books IV to VIII have been translated for HRAF. The omitted sections deal with geology and French Colonial History. This section offers a general account of the Ahaggar Tuareg. It includes material on the different classes of Tuareg society with the author's reconstructions as to their historical roots, materials on the political system, and data on descent, marriage, childbirth and adolescence. However these sections on social and political relationships are too scanty to give the reader a working knowledge of Tuareg society. The data on economic organization and material culture are, for the most part, much better. Here the author offers materials on pastoral and agricultural activities, foreign trade and caravan routes, property systems, diet, dress, toilet, and some data on crafts. There is also a brief section on religion which is primarily devoted to a consideration of pre-Islamic beliefs and their persistance into modern times. The author is an ethnologist who did field work among the Tuareg.
SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
Cultural identity and pride
Traditional history
Cultural participation
Community structure
Classes
Ethnic stratification
Social control
Chief executive
Ingroup antagonisms
Musical instruments
Territorial hierarchy
Priesthood
Pastoral activities
Tillage
Inter-community relations
cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
Tuareg
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
Northern Africa
Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
book chapter
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
Betty Potash ; 1960
Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
1929-1940
Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
1900-1940
Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
Ahaggar region, Algeria
NotesAdditional notes
Henri Lhote
Translation of: [Les Touaregs du Hoggar (Ahaggar)]
'Bibliographie abrégée du Sahara central et ouvrages consultés': p. [378]-395
Translated for the HRAF files by Mary-Alice Sipfle
Omitted from translations: Books I-III, VIII-IX
LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
45004989
LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
Tuaregs/Ahaggar Mountains (Algeria)