book chapter
Tent life in Siberia: and adventures among the Koryaks and other tribes in Kamtchatka and northern Asia
G.P. Putnam and Sons ; S. Lowe, Son and Marston • New York • Published In 1870 • Pages:
By: Kennan, George.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
The author was an explorer for the Russo-American Telegraph Company in 1864 and 1865 when this organization was working on a telegraph line from America to Europe by way of the Bering Strait. Most of his time was spent in Kamchatka where he lived among the Kamchadal and the Koryak tribes. His observations, as a result, are first-hand observations of a people whom he knew and lived among for a short period of time. Some 56 pages of his travel account have been excerpted here for the files, and this material covers both the Maritime and Reindeer Koryak with whom he came in contact. Most of the account is concerned with the Reindeer Koryak, the more numerous group and the group with whom the author has the most sympathy. The material included here in the files is primarily on the material culture of the Koryaks, though there is considerable emphasis also upon the religion of the tribe, interpreted from the point of view of its intimate connection with the environment in which these people live. Material included in categories 157 and 181 must be regarded with caution, for it is doubtful that an explorer for a telegraph company can give an entirely accurate interpretation of the personality of the entire tribe. On the whole, however, Mr. Kennan can be relied upon as a better-than-average observer in a strange land.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Functional and adaptational interpretations
- Pastoral activities
- Diet
- Animal transport
- Nuptials
- Community structure
- Shamans and psychotherapists
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Koryaks
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2003
- 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.
- Traveler
- 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.
- 3: Good, useful data, but not uniformly excellent
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- RCH ; 1950-1956
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1865
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1865
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Koryak Autonomous District, Kamchatka Province, Russia
- NotesAdditional notes
- By George Kennan …
- This document consists of excerpts
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 13025843
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Koryaks