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Author: Author's name as listed in Library of Congress records
Smets, George
Title:
The structure of the Barundi community: (Ruanda-Urundi
Territory, Central Africa)
Published in: if part or section of a book or monograph
Man -- Vol. 46
Published By: Original publisher
Man -- Vol. 46
London: [Royal Anthropological Institute of Great Britain
and Ireland, etc.]. 1946. 12-16 p.
By line: Author's name as appearing in the actual publication
George Smets
HRAF Publication Information: New Haven, Conn.:
Human Relations Area Files, 2010. Computer File
Culture: Culture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC) with the alphanumberic OWC identifier in parenthesis.
Barundi (FO58)
Subjects: Document-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
Ethnic stratification (563);
Topography and geology (133);
Land use (311);
Retail marketing (443);
Dance (535);
Hunting and trapping (224);
Fishing (226);
Domesticated animals (231);
Division of labor by gender (462);
Organized ceremonial (796);
Territorial hierarchy (631);
Chief executive (643);
Exploitation (661);
Real property (423);
Occupational specialization (463);
Medium of exchange (436);
Abstract: Brief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
The author treats ethnic divisions of the Rundi, geography,
the community settlement pattern with respect to the peculiar lack of markets, the economic
importance of agriculture and cattle-breeding, political and social hierarchy, and the
relationships among various social groupings. In his summary he emphasizes the importance
of personal relationships and the impact of foreign influence in changing many traditional
institutions. At the time of publication the author was Professor in the UniversitT Libre
de Bruxelles and Head of the Institut de Sociologie Solvay.
Document Number: HRAF's in-house numbering system derived from the processing order of documents
2
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.
fo58-002
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
1935
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
Ethnologist-5
Analyst: The HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection.
George R. Bedell ; 1959
Coverage Date: The date or dates that the information in the document pertains to (often not the same as the field date).
1935-1946
Coverage Place: Location of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
Burundi
LCSH: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Rundi (African people)
