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Author: Author's name as listed in Library of Congress records
Beek, W. E. A. van
Title:
Harmony versus autonomy: models of agricultural fertility
among the Dogon and the Kapsiki
Published in: if part or section of a book or monograph
The Creative communion : African folk models in fertility
and the regeneration of life, edited by Anita Jacobson-Widding and Walter van
Beek
Published By: Original publisher
The Creative communion : African folk models in fertility
and the regeneration of life, edited by Anita Jacobson-Widding and Walter van
Beek
Uppsala: Uppsala University. 1990. 285-305 p.
By line: Author's name as appearing in the actual publication
Walter E. A. van Beek
HRAF Publication Information: New Haven, Conn.:
Human Relations Area Files, 2000. Computer File
Culture: Culture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC) with the alphanumberic OWC identifier in parenthesis.
Dogon (FA16)
Subjects: Document-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
Annual cycle (221);
Agriculture (240);
Diet (262);
Land use (311);
Settlement patterns (361);
Real property (423);
Production and supply (433);
Abstract: Brief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
In this article van Beek discusses the history of Dogon
settlement, subsistence patterns, and related symbolism. According to van Beek, the Dogon
settled the Bandiagara escarpment, beginning in the 15th century, as a defense against
slave raiders. The sandstone rocks of the cliffs also held water year-round, compared to
the arid plateau and plains. The Dogon culitvated the fields below the cliffs. The closest
fields were owned by elders and worked by extended familes. Those further out were owned
and worked by younger men, who formed large work groups for protection from slave raiding
bands. French pacification ended the need for protection and the Dogon moved further out
onto the plain, forming new settlements. Van Beek discusses the land ownership patterns and
cropping patterns of this later period, which he compares to those of the
Kapsiki.
Document Number: HRAF's in-house numbering system derived from the processing order of documents
29
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.
fa16-029
Document Type: May include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs or chapters/parts of monographs.
Essay
Language: Language that the document is written in
English
Note:
Includes bibliographical references (p. 305)
Field Date: The date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
1978-1989
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
Ethnographer-4,5
Analyst: The HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection.
Ian Skoggard;1999
Coverage Date: The date or dates that the information in the document pertains to (often not the same as the field date).
1400-1990
Coverage Place: Location of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
Bandiagara escarpment, Mali
LCSH: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Dogons (African people)
