book chapter

A Visit to Karaginski Island, Kamchatka

Geographical journal12Published In 1898 • Pages: 280-299 [incomplete]

By: Barrett-Hamilton, G. E. H., Jones, H. O..

AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This article is based on a three-day stop at Karaga and Karaginski Island in August 1897. Since this article contains more ethnographical information than in previous articles by Barrett-Hamilton, it would seem to indicate that the co-author, Mr. Jones, is an ethnologist, but it is not clear whether Mr. Jones actually visited Kamchatka. Barrett-Hamilton, who did visit the area, is unfortunately a naturalist and not trained ethnographer, though he appears to be quite unbiased as an observer. The ethnographical information reported by these two men is based on much too hurried a survey to be anything more than fragmentary data on some external aspects of the culture of Karaga and Karaginski Island, though the information does have the virtue of being first-hand and of being written up in a systematic fashion. Karaga and Karaginski Island are generally considered to be in Koryak territory, but Jones and Barrett-Hamilton classify the inhabitants of Karaga as Kamchadal and guess that the inhabitants of Karaginski Island are Kamchadalized Koryak.
SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
Normal garb
Ornament
Dwellings
Settlement patterns
Boats
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 TypesThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
Natural Scientist
Physical Scientist
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.
2: Fair
AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
Carol Cerf ; 1950-1956
Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
1897
Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
1897
Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
Karaginskiy Island, Kamchatka Province, Russia
NotesAdditional notes
G. E. H. Barrett-Hamilton and H. O. Jones
LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
28017564
LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
Koryaks