essay

Nganasan

Russia and Eurasia / ChinaBoston, Mass.Published In 1994 • Pages: 280-283

By: Gracheva, G. N. (Galina Nikolaevna), Friedrich, Paul, Diamond, Norma.

AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This article briefly describes salient aspects of Nganasan Samoyed culture and society.
SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
Culture summary
Location
Topography and geology
Cultural identity and pride
Annual cycle
Fowling
Community structure
Kin relationships
General character of religion
cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
Samoyed
HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
2012
RegionThe area the document pertains to
Asia
Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
North Asia
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.
Anthropologist
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
AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
Teferi Abate Adem; 2012
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
1930-1994
Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
Nganasan Samoyed settlements, Russian North
NotesAdditional notes
Galina N. Gracheva ; translated by Paul Friedrich
Includes bibliographical references (p. 282-283)
LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
90049123
LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
Samoyeds