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The Ifugao rice terraces
Aspects of rice growing in Asia and the Americas, by N. van Breemen [and others • Wageningen • Published In 1970 • Pages: 39-73
By: Breemen, Nico van, Oldeman, L. R., Plantinga, W. J., Wielemaker, W. G..
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This is a study of Ifugao rice terrace construction and design and their relationship to topography, soil type and fertility, and settlement patterns. The authors also discuss irrigation systems and terrace maintenance and repair.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Cereal agriculture
- Earth moving
- Masonry
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Ifugao
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 1999
- RegionThe area the document pertains to
- Asia
- Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
- Southeast Asia
- 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.
- Technical Personnel
- 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
- Ian Skoggard ; 1998
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1965
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1965
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Ifugao Province, Philippines
- NotesAdditional notes
- Nico van Breemen, L. R. Oldeman, W. J. Plantinga and W. G. Wielemaker
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 73)
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 70851674
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Ifugao (Philippine people)