essay
The Sel'kups
peoples of Siberia • Chicago And London • Published In 1964 • Pages: 587-606
By: Prokofʹeva, E. D. (Ekaterina Dmitrievna).
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This source is a compact fact-filled ethnographic summary of the Selkups prior to 1917 based on data by G. N. Prokofyeva. Hunting and fishing activities are discussed with relative detail; dwellings, diet, social structure, and religious beliefs are treated briefly. Some reference is made to graphic art and folklore. The last part of the article describes some of the economic and social changes brought about after the revolution and the resulting resettlement of the Selkups on collective farms.
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Samoyed
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2019
- 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.
- 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
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- Amal Vinogradov ; 1964 ; John Beierle ; 1975
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- no date
- NotesAdditional notes
- E. D. Prokof'yeva
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 606a)
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 62018118
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Samoyeds