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OUTLINE OF CULTURAL MATERIALS

ORIENTATION: SITUATION AND CONTEXT Identification GIS Maps and Location Place Names Cultural Summary Glossary INFORMATION SOURCES Citations of Documents Additional Bibliography Information Sources Reviews and Critiques Field Data Informants Artifact and Archive Collections GEOGRAPHY Location Climate Topography and Geology Soil Mineral Resources Fauna Flora DEMOGRAPHY Population Composition of Population Birth Statistics Morbidity Mortality Internal Migration External Migration LANGUAGE Speech Vocabulary Grammar Phonology & Semantics Sociolinguistics Linguistic Identification Texts in the Speakers Language
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RESEARCH METHODS Theoretical Orientation in Research Practical Preparations in Conducting Fieldwork Schedules Administered In the Field Observation & Interviewing in Research Recording and Collecting In the Field Historical and Archival Research Organization and Analysis of Research Results HUMAN BIOLOGY Anthropometry Descriptive Somatology Genetics Racial Identification Ontogenetic Data Nutrition Physiological Data HISTORY AND CULTURE CHANGE Cultural Revitalization and Ethnogenesis Prehistory Traditional History History & Historical Reconstruction Innovation Acculturation and Culture Contact Economic & Sociocultural Trends ARTS & LITERATURE Decorative Art Representative Art Music and Musical Instruments Dance Drama Oratory Literature & Literary Texts

Texts translated into English COMMUNITY Community Structure Community Heads Councils and Local Officials Social Control Informal Ingroup Justice Inter-community Relations Inter-ethnic Relations MARRIAGE Basis & Regulation of Marriage Arranging a Marriage Special Unions and Marriages Mode of Marriage Transactions Termination of Marriage Remarriages KINSHIP Kinship Terminology Kin Relationships Consanguinal and Affinal Relatives Fictive Kin Relationships Behaviour toward Nonrelatives AGRICULTURE & FOOD QUEST Annual Cycle Agricultural Tillage Crops Production Vegetable Production Collecting, Hunting and Trapping Fishing and Fishing Gear Horticulture & Floriculture Forage Crops & other Special Crops FOOD PROCESSING AND CONSUMPTION Preservation and Storage of Food Food Preparation Gratification and Control of Hunger Diet Eating Condiments HARVESTING NATURAL RESOURCES Land Use
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Verbal & Visual Arts SETTLEMENTS Settlement Patterns Housing Streets, Road and Transportation Waste Disposal and Sanitary Facilities Public Utilities Commercial Facilities Miscellaneous Facilities FAMILY Residence Household Family relationships Nuclear Family Joint and Extended Families Adoption of Members KIN GROUPS Rule of Descent Kindreds and Ramages Lineages Phratries, Moieties & Clans Bilinear Kin Groups ANIMAL HUSBANDRY Domesticated Animals Pastoral Activities Dairying Poultry Raising Animal By-Products Production for Subsistence Production for Marketing DRINK, DRUGS, AND INDULGENCE Water and Thirst Nonalcoholic Beverages Alcoholic Beverage's Beverage Preparation Recreational and Non-therapeutic Drugs Tobacco consumption TOOLS AND PRODUCTIVE EQUIPMENTS Household Machines and Appliances

Wetland Resources Forest Products Energy Resources Fire Wood Other Bio Mass Fuels Environmental Quality HOUSING AND CONSTRUCTION Architecture Dwellings Construction and Materials Mud House and Mud Preparation Masonry, Carpentry, Plumbing & Structural Works Electrical Installation/ Supplies of Housing Materials PROPERTY AND OWNERSHIP Property System Property and Assets Acquisition and Relinquishment of Property Succession Borrowing and Lending Renting and Leasing Inheritance & Administration LABOR Labour and Leisure Division of Labour by Gender Occupational Specialization Labour Supply and Employment Wages and Salaries Labour Relations Labour Organization BUSINESS ORGANIZATION Ownership and Control of Capital Individual Enterprise Corporate Organization Cooperative Organization State Enterprise Mutual Aid Competition SOCIAL STRATIFICATION
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Weighing, Measuring, and Recording Machines Agricultural Machinery Information and Computer Technology Utensils and Appliances Weapons Special Tools EQUIPMENT AND MAINTENANCE OF HOUSES Grounds Furniture Interiors and Arrangement Heating and Lighting Equipment Miscellaneous Equipment Housekeeping Domestic Service EXCHANGE Gift Giving Buying and Selling Production and Supply Income and Demand Price and Value Medium of Exchange Exchange Transactions and Trade FINANCE AND MARKETING Financial Market Credit and Banking Saving and Investment Insurance Mercantile Business Wholesale Marketing Retail Marketing TRAVEL AND TRANSPORTATION Locomotion Burden Carrying Weight Moving Regulation of Travel Travel Services Routes Transportation LIVING STANDARDS AND RECREATION

Age stratification Gender Status Ethnic Stratification Castes Classes Serfdom and Peonage LAW AND JUSTICE Legal Norms and Liability Litigation Judicial Authority Legal and Judicial Personnel Initiation of Judicial Proceedings Trial Procedure Execution of Justice HEALTH, SICKNESS AND WELFARE Public Health and Sanitation Preventive Medicine Bodily Injuries Sorcery, Magical and Mental Therapy Shamans and Psychotherapists Medical Therapy Medical Care, Hospitals and Clinics Medical Personnel Social Safetynet and Insurance RELIGIOUS BELIEFS General Character of Religion Cosmology Mythology Animism Spirits and Gods Luck and Chance Sacred Objects and Places Theological Systems ECCLESIASTICAL ORGANIZATION Magicians and Diviners Prophets and Ascetics Priesthood Congregations Sects Organized Ceremonial Missions Religious Intolerance SEXUALITY
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Standard of Living Daily Routine Leisure Time Activities Games and Athletic Sports Rest Days, Holidays and Vacations Recreational Facilities SOCIAL PROBLEMS Disasters Disabilities Alcoholism and Drug Addiction Delinquency Poverty Dependency Old Age Dependency DEATH Life and Death Suicide Dying Burial Practices and Funerals Mourning Special Burial Practices and Funerals Mortuary Specialists Social Readjustments to Death Cult of the Dead RELIGIOUS PRACTICES Religious Experience Prayers and Sacrifices Purification and Atonement Avoidance and Taboo Ecstatic Religious Practices Asceticism, Revelation and Divination Ritual Magic IDEAS ABOUT NATURE AND PEOPLE Ethnometeorology Ethnogeography Ethnobotany Ethnozoology Ethnoanatomy Ethnophysiology Ethnopsychology Ethnosociology REPRODUCTION

General Sex Restrictions Kinship Regulation of Sex Premarital Sex Relations Extramarital Sex Relations Homosexuality Miscellaneous Sex Behaviour INFANCY AND CHILDHOOD Social Placement Ceremonials During Infancy and Childhood Infant Feeding Infant Care Child Care Development and Maturation Childhood activities ADOLESCENCE, ADULTHOOD, AND OLD AGE Puberty and Initiation Status of Adolescents Adolescent Activities Adulthood Activities of the Aged Status and Treatment of the Aged

Menstruation Pregnancy and Prenatal Care Childbirth Difficult and Unusual births Postnatal Care Abortion and Infanticide SOCIALIZATION Techniques of Inculcation Weaning and Food Training Cleanliness Training Sex Training Independence Training Transmission of Cultural Norms & Beliefs Transmission of Skills

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