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Culture Summary: Yukaghir

Human Relations Area FilesNew HavenPublished In 2020 • Pages:

By: Gurvich, Innokenti S., Friedrich, Paul.

AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This is a culture summary of the Yukaghir. Information is presented on major aspects of Yukaghir culture.
SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
Identification
Culture summary
cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
Yukaghir
HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
2020
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
Teferi Abate Adem; 2019
Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
not applicable
Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
1633-1989
Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
Kolyma river basin, eastern Sakha Republic and northern Magadan Oblast, Russia
NotesAdditional notes
Innokenti S. Gurvich, Paul Friedrich, transl.
This culture summary is from the article "Yukagir" by Innokenti S. Gurvich (translated by Paul Friedrich), in the Encyclopedia of World Cultures, Vol. 6, Russia and Eurasia/China, Paul Friedrich and Norma Diamond, eds. Boston, Mass.: G. K. Hall & Co. 1994. Population figures and geographical references were updated by Leon G. Doyon in August, 2019.
Includes bibliographical references
LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
Yukaghir