Lorna Marshall's Nyae Nyae !Kung Beliefs and Rites, published by the Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology at Harvard University in 1999, is a scholarly ethnographic study of the religious beliefs and ceremonial life of the Ju/'hoansi, known in the literature as the Nyae Nyae !Kung, based on Marshall's decades of fieldwork in the Kalahari beginning in the 1950s. Its strength is that it is a peer-reviewed institutional publication drawing on some of the longest-running fieldwork among any Kalahari community. Its limit is that it describes the beliefs and rites of one specific community at a particular historical moment, so a claim generalizing to San peoples broadly needs a source addressing that wider diversity.
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Published by the Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology at Harvard University in 1999, Lorna Marshall's peer reviewed institutional publication drawing on decades of fieldwork in the Kalahari, treated at the top tier. NotesLorna Marshall's ethnographic study of Nyae Nyae !Kung beliefs and rites.
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AuthorLorna Marshall
PublisherPeabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology, Harvard University
Publication Year1999
Source TypeEthnography
Claims Backed By This Source (24 claims)
This source backs 24 claims across the atlas. As facts: 20 well-attested. As cited relationships: 1 holds. Plus 3 entities citing it as a general reference with no single fact or relationship attached.
Disposition By Topic
- Rituals, 10 claims: 8 well-attested, 1 holds, 1 general references.
- Sources, 7 claims: 7 well-attested.
- Religions, 3 claims: 2 well-attested, 1 general references.
- Articles, 2 claims: 2 well-attested.
- Cultures, 2 claims: 1 well-attested, 1 general references.
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