Contributions to the anthropology of Iran / by Henry Field ...

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Field, Henry, 1902-1986.

Contributor:

Pederson, Dorothy.

Gerhard, Peter.

Series:

Field museum of natural history ... Publication ; 458-459.

Anthropological series ; v. 29, no. 1-2. Dec. 15, 1939.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Field museum anthropological expedition to the Middle East, 1934.

Field museum anthropological expedition to the Middle East.

Ethnology--Iran.

Ethnology.

Anthropometry.

Iran.

Anthropometry--Iran.

Physical Description:

2 volumes : frontispiece (folded map) illustrations (including maps) plates, tables, diagrams ; 24 cm.

Other Title:

The anthropology of Iraq.

Place of Publication:

[Chicago], [publisher not identified], [1939]

Contents:

[v.1] Introduction.

The land and the people.

Historical references to peoples of Iran (445 B.C.-A.D. 1938).

The peoples of Iran.

The physical anthropology of Iran.

[v.2] Appendices: A. Definitions of the Mediterranean race and other racial stocks in relation to Iranis. B. Notes for a proposed anthropometric survey of the peoples of Iran. C. Description of the journety from Tehran to Shiraz. D. Prehistory of Iran. E. Medical report on the Bakhtiaris by M. Y. Young. F. Inscription on the Caravanserai at Yazd-i Khwāst by Richard Ettinghausen. G. Plants of Iran collected by the expedition. H. Animals of Iran collected by the expedition.

Glossary.

Bibliography (p. 581-600).

Indexes: Tribes and racial groups referred to in chapter III. Individuals illustrated in plates. Tribal names appearing on map of Iraq (A) Tribal names appearing on map of Iran (B). General.

Notes:

Paged continuously.

Based on anthropometric data obtained in 1934 by the Field museum anthropological expedition to the Near East, under the author's leadership. cf. Pref.

OCLC:

376600