Publication Information The main body of the Publication Information page contains all the metadata that HRAF holds for that document.
Author: Author's name as listed in Library of Congress records
Evans-Pritchard, E. E. (Edward Evan),
1902-1973
Title:
Bridewealth among the Nuer
Published in: if part or section of a book or monograph
African studies -- Vol. 6
Published By: Original publisher
African studies -- Vol. 6
Johannesburg: Witwatersrand University Press. 1947.
181-188 p.
By line: Author's name as appearing in the actual publication
E. E. Evans-Pritchard
HRAF Publication Information: New Haven, Conn.:
Human Relations Area Files, 2002. Computer File
Culture: Culture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC) with the alphanumberic OWC identifier in parenthesis.
Nuer (FJ22)
Subjects: Document-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
Gift giving (431);
Marriage (580);
Abstract: Brief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This article is a discussion of the true functions and
significance of bridewealth in Nuer society. (For a description of the economics involved
in the distribution of bridewealth, see 3:Evans-Pritchard.) Much general information on
marriage and descent is also included.
Document Number: HRAF's in-house numbering system derived from the processing order of documents
5
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.
fj22-005
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
Note:
Includes bibliographical references
Field Date: The date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
1931, 1936
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
Social Anthropologist-5
Analyst: The HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection.
Arthur Fields ; 1956
Coverage Date: The date or dates that the information in the document pertains to (often not the same as the field date).
1930-1936
Coverage Place: Location of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
Sobat and Jonglei Provinces, Sudan
LCSH: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Nuer (African people)
