book chapter
The living races of the Sahara Desert
The Peabody Museum • 28 (2) • Published In 1958 • Pages: 83-103, 163-166 , 14 plates
By: Briggs, Lloyd Cabot.
Abstract
This document, by Cabot Briggs, a specialist in the ethnology of the North African area, is a survey of the Tuaregs of the Sahara (especially the Hoggar), and deals in great part with the nonmaterial aspects of their culture (social organization, morality, etc.). Subjects covered are: morality and personal hygiene, tribal divisions, social organization, marriage, property rights, descent systems, land tenure and tribute, economy and class systems, trading, livestock, raiding, types of shelter, clothing and cosmetics, slavery, smiths and their work, and religion and religious orders. Pages 163-166 deal almost exclusively with the Physical Anthropology of the Tuaregs. The study is based on source material, supplemented with the results of a field trip to the area.
- HRAF PubDate
- 2010
- Region
- Africa
- Sub Region
- Northern Africa
- Document Type
- book chapter
- Evaluation
- Creator Type
- Ethnologist
- Document Rating
- 4: Excellent Secondary Data
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- Analyst
- John Beierle ; 1960
- Field Date
- ca. 1956
- Coverage Date
- 1900-1956
- Coverage Place
- Niger and Algeria
- Notes
- L. Cabot Briggs
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 203-212)
- Included for this collection: pages: 83-103, 163-166; 14 plates
- LCCN
- a 59000145
- LCSH
- Tuaregs