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Culture summary: Eastern Toraja

HRAFNew Haven, Conn.Published In 1997 • Pages:

By: Beierle, John, Malone, Martin J..

AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This is a culture summary of the Eastern Toraja.
SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
Identification
Culture summary
cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
Eastern Toraja
HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
1997
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
AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
John Beierle
Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
no date
Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
not specified
Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
Celebes, Indonesia
NotesAdditional notes
John Beierle and Martin J. Malone
The culture summary was written by John Beierle in September 1996, incorporating additional information from the article "Toradja," by Martin J. Malone, in Sixty Cultures: A Guide to the HRAF Probability Files, Robert O. Lagacé, ed. New Haven, Conn.: Human Relations Area Files, Inc., 1977.
Includes bibliographical references
LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
Toraja (Indonesian people)