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The Apa Tanis and their neighbours : a primitive civilization of the eastern Himalayas / Christoph von Fürer-Haimendorf

Fürer-Haimendorf, Christoph von, 1909-1995

London : Routledge, 2004-1962

Online Ressource (184 pages)

Englisch

Originally published: London: Routledge & K. Paul, 1962. - Includes bibliographical references. - Print version record

Erscheint auch als: Fürer-Haimendorf, Christoph von, 1909-1995 : Apa Tanis and their neighbours (Druck-Ausgabe)

978-1-136-54529-0 ; 1-136-54529-8

978-1-315-01782-2 (ISBN der Printausgabe); 1-315-01782-2 (ISBN der Printausgabe); 1-138-86202-9 (ISBN der Printausgabe); 978-1-138-86202-9 (ISBN der Printausgabe); 0-415-33047-5 (ISBN der Printausgabe); 978-0-415-33047-3 (ISBN der Printausgabe); 0-415-33047-5 (ISBN der Printausgabe)

OCoLC: 858861580 (aus SWB)     

Elektronische Ressource: Zugang über Aggregator-Datenbank (Lizenzangabe: Lizenzpflichtig)

DS432.A6

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LOC-SH: Apatani (Indic people)

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Inhabiting 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. 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 some 2