book chapter
The Arunta: a study of a stone age people
Macmillan and co., limited • London • Published In 1927 • Pages:
By: Spencer, Baldwin, Gillen, Francis James.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This is an excellent and detailed account of the Aranda. The study was based on years of personal observation by Sir Baldwin Spencer, a biologist who served for a time as Special Commissioner for Aborigines and Chief Protector in Australia, and Francis James Gillen, Special Magistrate and Sub-Protector of Aborigines at Alice Springs, the center of Aranda territory. Spencer and Gillen witnessed many ceremonies and participated in the daily life of the Natives over a period of several years before much acculturation had begun to take place. The authors stress the social organization, sacred objects and places, myths, anthropometry, dress, utensils, weapons, decorative art, ceremonial activities, and norms of social behavior.
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Aranda
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 1996
- RegionThe area the document pertains to
- Oceania
- Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
- Australia
- Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
- book chapter
- Evaluation
- Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Government Official
- 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
- K. T. S. Coley ; 1951
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1896-1913
- 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)
- Australia
- NotesAdditional notes
- Baldwin Spencer and Francis James Gillen
- Includes index
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 28009066
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Aranda (Australian people)