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Family life of the Dolgani people

Sovetskaya Etnografiya (4)Published In 1946 • Pages: 50-74

By: Popov, A. A., Bromwich, Leo.

AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This is a monograph on the family cycle of the Dolgani, who are a Yakut-speaking people living northwest of Yakutskaya in the neighboring Taymyr OKRUG. The Dolgani are reindeer herders, a way of life heavily influenced by the Evenk. The monograph describes the sequence of cultural events and behavior from marriage through pregnancy, childbirth, naming, infant and child care, and chidlren's play and toys. Also included is a discussion of Dolgani kinship terminology.
SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
Family
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
article
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
1930
Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
1930
Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
Taymyr Okrug, Sakha Republic, Russian Federation
NotesAdditional notes
A. A. Popov
Translated for the Human Relations Area Files by Leo Bromwich
LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
Yakut (Turkick people)