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Author: Author's name as listed in Library of Congress records
Sieroszewski, Wacław, 1858-1945
Title:
The Yakut: an experiment in ethnographic research
Published By: Original publisher
Moskva: Assotsiatsiia 'Rossiiskaia polit. entsiklopediia'.
1993. xviii, 713 p. {HRAF Ms.: 1044 p.} {Incomplete} ill.
By line: Author's name as appearing in the actual publication
V. L. Sieroszewski
HRAF Publication Information: New Haven, Conn.:
Human Relations Area Files, 1997. Computer File
Culture: Culture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC) with the alphanumberic OWC identifier in parenthesis.
Yakut (RV02)
Subjects: Document-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
Abstract: Brief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This is perhaps the classic ethnography on the Yakut, based
on twelve years of research (1880-1892); the complete text translated from the Russian by
HRAF. It includes comprehensive description of Yakut environment (flora and fauna),
history, economy, social and political organization, kinship, literature, and religion.
Written at atime when Yakut culture had changed under the influence of Russian
administration, from nomadic, herding way of life to experimentations with agriculture, the
author in various places surmises Yakut precontact way of life by analyzing language,
customs, and kinship terminology. The work contains some evocative descriptions of marriage
ceremonies, shamanic performances, climate, and childhood.
Document Number: HRAF's in-house numbering system derived from the processing order of documents
1
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.
rv02-001
Document Type: May include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs or chapters/parts of monographs.
Monograph
Language: Language that the document is written in
English translation from Russian
Note:
Translation from the Russian of: IAkuty : opyt
ethnograficheskogo issledovaniia.|The original Russian text is not included.|Originally
published in 1896 Bibliography not included Translated from the Russian for HRAF.|Tables
are not included
Field Date: The date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
1880-1892
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.
Ian Skoggard ; 1996
Coverage Date: The date or dates that the information in the document pertains to (often not the same as the field date).
1600-1900
Coverage Place: Location of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
Sakha Republic, Russian Federation
LCSH: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Yakut (Turkic people)
