The Andaman islanders
by A. R. Radcliffe-Brown
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About this eBook
- Author
- Radcliffe-Brown, A. R. (Alfred Reginald), 1881-1955
- Title
- The Andaman Islanders : A study in social anthropology
- Original Publication
- Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1922.
- Credits
- Jeroen Hellingman and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net/ for Project Gutenberg (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.)
- Language
- English
- LoC Class
- DS: History: General and Eastern Hemisphere: Asia
- Subject
- Andaman Islands (India) -- Social life and customs
- Category
- Text
- Project Gutenberg
- eBook-No. 78356
- Release Date
- April 4, 2026
- Copyright
- Public domain in the USA.
Contents
- 1.THE ANDAMAN ISLANDERS
- 2.PREFACE
- 3.CONTENTS
- 4.LIST OF PLATES AND MAPS
- 5.LIST OF FIGURES IN THE TEXT
- 6.INTRODUCTION
- 7.THE SOCIAL ORGANISATION
- 8.CEREMONIAL CUSTOMS
- 9.RELIGIOUS AND MAGICAL BELIEFS
- 10.MYTHS AND LEGENDS
- 11.THE INTERPRETATION OF ANDAMANESE CUSTOMS AND BELIEFS: CEREMONIAL
- 12.THE INTERPRETATION OF ANDAMANESE CUSTOMS AND BELIEFS: MYTHS AND LEGENDS
- 13.THE TECHNICAL CULTURE OF THE ANDAMAN ISLANDERS — Habitations. — Hunting, Fishing, etc. — Cutting Implements. — String, Rope, Mats, Baskets, and Netting. — Domestic Implements and Utensils. — Personal Ornament; Great Andaman. — Personal Ornament; Little Andaman. — Hair-dressing, Scarification, and Body-painting. — Ornamentation. — Canoes. — Conclusion.
- 14.THE SPELLING OF ANDAMANESE WORDS
- 15.INDEX
- 16.Colophon — Revision History — Corrections
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