book chapter
Ethnography
Census of India, 1901 • 3 • Published In 1903 • Pages: 47-68
By: Temple, Richard C..
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This is a broad ethnographic overview of Andamanese hunter-gatherer bands. Topics covered include distinctions and relations among tribal groups, physical and mental characteristics, aspects of majors habits and customs and art forms.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Tribe and nation
- Morbidity
- History
- Morbidity
- Cultural participation
- Weapons
- Descriptive somatology
- Physiological data
- Ethos
- Anthropometry
- Personal names
- Comparative evidence
- General character of religion
- Dwellings
- Mythology
- Magical and mental therapy
- Medical care
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Andamans
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2019
- RegionThe area the document pertains to
- Asia
- Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
- South 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.
- Government Official
- 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
- James Leary ; 1957
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1901
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1858-1903
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Andaman Islands, India
- NotesAdditional notes
- by Lieutenant Col. Sir Richard C. Temple
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Andaman Islands--Population