Book
The Yakut: an experiment in ethnographic research
Assotsiatsiia 'Rossiiskaia polit. entsiklopediia' • Moskva • Published In 1993 • Pages:
By: Sieroszewski, Wacław.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This is perhaps the classic ethnography on the Yakut, based on twelve years of research (1880-1892); the complete text translated from the Russian by HRAF. It includes comprehensive description of Yakut environment (flora and fauna), history, economy, social and political organization, kinship, literature, and religion. Written at atime when Yakut culture had changed under the influence of Russian administration, from nomadic, herding way of life to experimentations with agriculture, the author in various places surmises Yakut precontact way of life by analyzing language, customs, and kinship terminology. The work contains some evocative descriptions of marriage ceremonies, shamanic performances, climate, and childhood.
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Yakut
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 1997
- 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
- Book
- 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.
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- Ian Skoggard ; 1996
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1880-1892
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1600-1900
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Sakha Republic, Russian Federation
- NotesAdditional notes
- V. L. Sieroszewski
- Translation from the Russian of: IAkuty : opyt ethnograficheskogo issledovaniia.
- The original Russian text is not included.
- Originally published in 1896
- Translated from the Russian for HRAF.
- Tables are not included
- Bibliography not included
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 94158972
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Yakut (Turkic people)