book chapter
The Kazak, Kirghiz, and Kalmuck: horse and sheep herders of Central Asia
Habitat, economy and society; a geographical introduction to ethnology, by C. Daryll Forde • London • Published In 1934 • Pages: 328-351, 484-485
By: Forde, Cyril Daryll.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This study is a concise summary of some of the major features of Kazak ethnography, with emphasis on geography, physical types, political and social organization, dwellings, migrations, seasonal activities, animal husbandry, hunting, crafts, and religion.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Topography and geology
- Location
- Climate
- Annual cycle
- Clans
- Dwellings
- Domesticated animals
- Animal transport
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Kazakh
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2010
- RegionThe area the document pertains to
- Asia
- Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
- Central Asia
- 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.
- 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
- John Beierle; 2010
- 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
- 1840-1934
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Central Asia
- NotesAdditional notes
- C. Daryll Forde
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 484-485)
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 35001663
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Kazakhs