Book
Transcaucasia: sketches of the nations and races between the Black Sea and the Caspian
Adamant Media Corporation • [s. L.] • Published In 2005 • Pages: v, 448
By: Haxthausen, August, Freiherr von, Taylor, John Edward, active.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This document describes aspects of Armenian culture and society as observed two decades after the Russian takeover of Armenia. Armenia-specific themes in this travelogue covering much of Transcaucasia include rural landscapes, major towns, domestic architecture, religious practices, legends, and political institutions.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Location
- Topography and geology
- Recording and collecting in the field
- External relations
- Settlement patterns
- Dwellings
- Religious denominations
- Priesthood
- Acculturation and culture contact
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Armenia
- 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 TypesThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Folklorist
- Traveler
- 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
- 1843
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1843
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Armenia; Georgia
- NotesAdditional notes
- By Baron von Haxthausen. With illustrations by Graeb
- Translated by J.E. Taylor from the manuscript of the author's "Transkaukasia" , previous to its appearance in the original. cf. Pref.//This Elibron Classics Replica Edition is an unabridged facsimile of the edition published in 1854 by Chapman and Hall, London
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Legends--Armenia
- Caucasus, South--Description and travel
- Armenia