book chapter
The Gilyak, Orochi, Goldi, Negidal, Ainu: articles and materials
Dal'giz • Khabarovsk • Published In 1933 • Pages:
By: Shternberg, Lev IAkovlevich, Bromwich, Leo, Ward, Norbert.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
Shternberg's work is the most valuable ethnographical account on the Gilyak available. It describes religion, economy, and material culture - the latter somewhat sketchily - as well as changes due to Chinese trading activity and Russian colonisation. A greater part of the book, however, contains a detailed description and analysis of Gilyak kinship terminology and marriage rules. The analysis and succeeding conclusions on the development of Gilyak social organization are made in an effort to verify Engels' theory on the evolution of human society. Though of little objective value this analysis is of interest for the student of history of ethnological theory. The fact that the articles contained in this book were written at different points of time may account for inconsequences and contradictions in the ethnographical descriptions. Only from chapter XIV on does it become obvious that the first part of the book gives a strongly idealized picture of conditions among the Gilyak. The second part of the book discusses conditions actually witnessed by the author. In the forty pages introduction the editor (1933-Stalinistic era) judges Shternberg's work and personality from the Marxist viewpoint.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Cultural identity and pride
- Settlement patterns
- Mythology
- Spirits and gods
- Athletic sports
- Games
- Sexual stimulation
- Music
- External relations
- Kin relationships
- Kinship terminology
- Accumulation of wealth
- Regulation of marriage
- Polygamy
- Kinship regulation of sex
- Family relationships
- Extramarital sex relations
- Organized ceremonial
- Prayers and sacrifices
- Lineages
- Gift giving
- Judicial authority
- Slavery
- Informal in-group justice
- Revelation and divination
- Burial practices and funerals
- Ethnobotany
- Ethnozoology
- External trade
- History
- Acculturation and culture contact
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Nivkh
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2010
- 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 chapter
- 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
- Sigrid Khera ; 1967
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1890-1897, 1910
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1890-1930
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- lower Amur River and Sakhalin Island, Russia
- NotesAdditional notes
- Lev IAkovlevich Shternberg ; Edited and preface by IA. P. Al'Kor (Koshkin)
- Translation of: [Giliaki, orochi, gol'dy, negidal'tsy, ainy; stati i materialy]
- Translated for the HRAF files by Leo Bromwich and Norbert Ward, and prepared for HRAF by Joan Verosky
- Only pages 1-388, mainly concerning the Gilyak are included
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 51052853
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Gilyaks