Conrad P. Kottak papers relating to Madagascar research
name: label: Creator
content: Kottak, Conrad Phillip
place: label: Place
content: Madagascar
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: The papers were donated by Conrad Kottak to the National Anthropological Archives in 2016.
creator: label: Creator
content: Kottak, Conrad Phillip
culture: label: Culture
content: Betsileo (Malagasy people)
bioghist: label: Biographical Note
content: Conrad Philip Kottak (1942-) is a cultural anthropologist who has carried out extensive fieldwork in Brazil and Madagascar. He received his PhD from Columbia University in 1966 and joined the faculty of the University of Michigan in 1968.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 2.5 Linear feet
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1966-1967
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: National Anthropological Archives
identifier: label: Identifier
content: NAA.2016-22
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
bibliography: label: Selected Bibliography
content: The Past in the Present: History, Ecology, and Cultural variation in Highland Madagascar -- . Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, 1980.
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: The papers comprise materials relating to Conrad Kottak's research in Madagascar among the Betsileo people, 1966-1967. Included are village data, questionnaires, and a copy of Kottak's resulting monograph The Past in the Present: History, Ecology, and Cultural Variation in Highland Madagascar.