02935oam 2200613I 450 991045286480332120200520144314.01-138-86202-91-315-01782-21-136-54529-810.4324/9781315017822 (CKB)2550000001118099(EBL)1395424(OCoLC)862823658(SSID)ssj0001152697(PQKBManifestationID)11760983(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001152697(PQKBWorkID)11148695(PQKB)10625229(MiAaPQ)EBC1395424(Au-PeEL)EBL1395424(CaPaEBR)ebr10764081(CaONFJC)MIL518439(OCoLC)858861580(EXLCZ)99255000000111809920180331e20041962 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrThe Apa Tanis and their neighbours a primitive civilization of the Eastern Himalayas /Christoph von Furer-HaimendorfOxon [England] :Routledge,2004.1 online resource (234 p.)Routledge library editions. Antrhopology and ethnography. South Asia ;IIFirst published in 1962.0-415-33047-5 1-299-87188-7 Includes bibliographical references and index.Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Original Title Page; Original Copyright Page; Dedication; Table of Contents; List of Illustrations; Introduction; I. The Utilization of Natural Resources; II. Trade and Barter; III. Social Structure; IV. The Position of Slaves; V. Family Life; VI. The Maintenance of Law and Order; VII. Relations with Neighbours in Peace and War; VIII. Religion and the Moral Order; Epilogue; Bibliography; IndexInhabiting a secluded valley in the Eastern Himalayas, the Apa Tanis remained virtually unknown to the outside world until 1944-45 when the author spent several months in their villages, studying their internal social structure as well as their political and economic relations with neighbouring tribes. <BR> The economy of the Apa Tanis, who knew neither the principle of animal traction nor the wheel, resembled that of certain Neolithic societies, but the methods used in the exploitation of their natural environment were far from primitive, and a developed agriculture enabled a population of soRoutledge library editions.Anthropology and ethnography.Apatani (Indic people)Electronic books.Apatani (Indic people)305.89Furer-Haimendorf Christoph von1909-1995.,272266MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910452864803321The Apa Tanis and their neighbours2135537UNINA