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The Rungus: social structure in a cognatic society and its symbolism
Societies of Borneo : explorations in the theory of cognatic social structure • (6) • Published In 1976 • Pages: 66-86, 152-158
By: Appell, George N..
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This is a more theoretical discussion of Rungus cognatic social system, specifically the jural and ritual systems of the family, long-house, and village. Appell argues that these systems and social groups are based on property relations and not kinship and descent.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Property system
- Household
- Community structure
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Rungus Dusun
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2002
- 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.
- 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
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- Ian Skoggard ; 2000
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1959-1963
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1959-1963
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Kudat District, Sabah, Malaysia
- NotesAdditional notes
- G. N. Appell
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 152-159)
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 76378136
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Dusun (Bornean people)