Appell, George N.. The Rungus: social structure in a cognatic society and its symbolism

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Author: Author's name as listed in Library of Congress records

Title: The Rungus: social structure in a cognatic society and its symbolism

Published in: if part or section of a book or monograph The Societies of Borneo : explorations in the theory of cognatic social structure, edited by G. N. Appell

Published By: Original publisher The Societies of Borneo : explorations in the theory of cognatic social structure, edited by G. N. Appell Washington: American Anthropological Association. 1976. 66-86, 152-158 p.

By line: Author's name as appearing in the actual publication G. N. Appell

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. Rungus Dusun (OC13)

Subjects: Document-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF Property system (421); Household (592); Community structure (621);

Abstract: Brief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document This is a more theoretical discussion of Rungus cognatic social system, specifically the jural and ritual systems of the family, long-house, and village. Appell argues that these systems and social groups are based on property relations and not kinship and descent.

Document Number: HRAF's in-house numbering system derived from the processing order of documents 4

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. oc13-004

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. 152-159)

Field Date: The date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document 1959-1963

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-4,5

Analyst: The HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection. Ian Skoggard ; 2000

Coverage Date: The date or dates that the information in the document pertains to (often not the same as the field date). 1959-1963

Coverage Place: Location of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site) Kudat District, Sabah, Malaysia

LCSH: Library of Congress Subject Headings Dusun (Bornean people)

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