Book
Abkhasians: the long-living people of the Caucasus
Holt, Rinehart and Winston • New York • Published In 1974 • Pages: xiv, 112
By: Benet, Sula.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
The focus of this study is on the Abkhazian cultural system with a particular emphasis on the various factors that apparently make it possible for an exceptionally large number of individuals in the society to live to very advanced age without the usual ravages of aging that affect so many people in the modern world. The author presents several life histories of individuals of advanced age (90-100+ years), and discusses some of the reason that she feels have contributed to their longevity. In addition this work includes a substantial section on kinship, kinship terminology, structural and behavioral dimensions, women's roles, marriage, sexual behavor, child-rearing practices as related to the development of the individual in the society, funeral practices, and religion and folklore.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Mortality
- Senescence
- Status and treatment of the aged
- Ontogenetic data
- Diet
- Visiting and hospitality
- Kinship
- Lineages
- Gender status
- Burial practices and funerals
- Mythology
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Abkhazians
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2009
- RegionThe area the document pertains to
- Asia
- Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
- Caucasus
- Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
- Book
- 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.
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- John Beierle; 2007
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1970-1973
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1900-1973
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Abkhazia, Georgia
- NotesAdditional notes
- By Sula Benet
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 111-112)
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 73021655
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Abkhazians