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Culture Summary: Armenia

Human Relations Area FilesNew HavenPublished In 2020 • Pages:

By: Platz, Stephanie.

AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This is a culture summary for the nation of Armenia. Information is presented on major aspects of Armenia, its people and its culture.
SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
Identification
Culture summary
cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
Armenia
HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
2020
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
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
Teferi Abate Adem ; 2019
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
301-1995
Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
Armenia
NotesAdditional notes
Stephanie Platz
This culture summary is from the article "Armenians" by Stephanie Platz, in the Encyclopedia of World Cultures, Vol. 6, Russia and Eurasia/China, Paul Friedrich and Norma Diamond, eds. Boston, Mass.: G. K. Hall & Co. 1994. The section on Identification and Location was revised in November 2019, and the section on Population was updated in July 2020, by Leon G. Doyon.
Includes bibliographical references
LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
Armenia--Social life and customs