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Balinese 'water temples' and the management of irrigation

American anthropologist89 (2)Published In 1987 • Pages: 326-341

By: Lansing, John Stephen.

AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This article discusses the role of Balinese regional water temple networks in irrigating and managing traced rice farms. In doing so, the author argues that earlier studies have wrongly attributed the organization of Balinese irrigation either to state bureaucracy or autonomous work groups.
SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
Water supply
Cereal agriculture
Cooperative organization
Congregations
Organized ceremonial
Sacred objects and places
Environmental quality
Research and development
cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
Balinese
HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
2010
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
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; 2008
Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
no date given
Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
1980-1987
Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
Bali, Indonesia
NotesAdditional notes
J. Stephen Lansing
Includes bibliographical references (p. 340-341)
LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
17015424
LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
Balinese (Indonesian people)