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
Austerlitz, Robert, 1923-1994
Title:
Culture Summary: Nivkh
Published By: Original publisher
New Haven, Conn.: Human Relations Area Files. 2010. online
document
By line: Author's name as appearing in the actual publication
Robert Austerlitz
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.
Nivkh (RX02)
Subjects: Document-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
Identification (101);
Culture summary (105);
Abstract: Brief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This is a culture summary of the Nivkh. Information is
presented on major aspects of Nivkh culture.
Document Number: HRAF's in-house numbering system derived from the processing order of documents
0
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.
rx02-000
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:
This culture summary is based on the article, "Nivkh"
by Robert Austerlitz in the Encyclopedia of World Culture, Vol. 6, Russia and
Eurasia/China, Paul Friedrich and Norma Diamond, eds. Boston, Mass.: G. K. Hall & Co.
1994. Teferi Abate Adem wrote the synopsis and indexing notes in July 2008. Includes
bibliographical references.
Field Date: The date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
no date
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
Analyst: The HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection.
Teferi Abate Adem; 2008
Coverage Date: The date or dates that the information in the document pertains to (often not the same as the field date).
not specified
Coverage Place: Location of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
General Nivkh; lower Amur River, Khabarovsk
krai (territory), and northern Sakhalin Island, Sakhalin oblast (administrative zone),
Russia
LCSH: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Gilyak
