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Author: Author's name as listed in Library of Congress records
Abou-Zeid, Ahmad M.
Title:
The sedentarization of nomads in the Western Desert of
Egypt
Published in: if part or section of a book or monograph
International social science journal -- Vol. 11
Published By: Original publisher
International social science journal -- Vol. 11
Paris: UNESCO. 1959. 550-558 p.
By line: Author's name as appearing in the actual publication
A. M. Abou-Zeid
HRAF Publication Information: New Haven, Conn.:
Human Relations Area Files, 1999. Computer File
Culture: Culture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC) with the alphanumberic OWC identifier in parenthesis.
Libyan Bedouin (MT09)
Subjects: Document-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
Sociocultural trends (178);
Public welfare (657);
Abstract: Brief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This is a brief sketch of the various programs the Egyptian
Government has devised for settling the nomads of the Western Desert and of the effects
noted so far. Abou-Zeid briefly discusses three projects: the Wadi-el-Natrun project, which
is developing salt and soda resources and establishing of new industry; the Qattara
Depression project which will improve the environment by filling the depression with water
from the Mediterranean; and the Ras-el-Hikma project, which is designed to improve the
grazing potentialities of the Western Desert. Some projections of the effects of these
programs on the life and culture of the Bedouin are given.
Document Number: HRAF's in-house numbering system derived from the processing order of documents
7
Document ID: HRAF's unique document identifier. The first part is the OWC identifier and the second part is the document number in three digits.
mt09-007
Document Type: May include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs or chapters/parts of monographs.
Journal Article
Language: Language that the document is written in
English
Field Date: The date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
no date
Evaluation: In this alphanumeric code, the first part designates the type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigene, and so on. The second part is 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
Anthropologist-5
Analyst: The HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection.
Timothy J. O'Leary ; 1974
Coverage Date: The date or dates that the information in the document pertains to (often not the same as the field date).
1947-1959
Coverage Place: Location of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
Western Desert, Egypt
LCSH: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Bedouins
