Glimpses on the Culture and Biology of the People of North East India
Contents: I. Prehistoric Archaeology: 1. Secondary pot Burials at Khaidem Mang, Manipur/O.K. Singh. 2. Stone age industries of North East India: a reconsideration/Ashok K. Ghosh. II. Social and Cultural Anthropology: 3. Some observation on the traditional religion of the meiteis/S. Shyamkishore Singh. 4. Ethnographic history of the Brahmins in Manipur/Longjam Nobinchandra Singh. 5. Communication and development: a study among the Tangkhuls of Ukhrul sub-division, Manipur/K.S. Ambrose Lurstep. 6. A study on socio-cultural problems in border Bengal—a micro study/Rafikul Islam. 7. Ethnomethodology and applied anthropology in Manipur: a regional strategy for tribal development/B.M. Mukherjee. 8. Constraints of development: approach through applied anthropology/P.K. Bhowmick. 9. Status of women: a study of the tribes of North East India/John Mao. III. Physical Anthropology: 10. A study on colour blindness, mid-phalangeal hair and some dental features among the Moyons of Manipur/B.K. Chandrasekhar Reddy and A. Taruni Devi. 11. Finger Nail Lunulae of the Maram Nagas/Sakhitombi Devi. 12. Age at Menarche of Bengali girls in Shillong, Meghalaya/Rumi Dey and R.K. Pathak. 13. Blood pressure and body build among urban Jaintia, Meghalaya/J.W. Dkhar and R.K. Pathak. 14. Finger and Palmar dermatoglyphics of three Muslim populations of Manipur/Latif Shah and Saratchandra Konsam. 15. Palmar dermatoglyphics of the meiteis/S. Jibonkumar Singh and Saratchandra Konsam. 16. A study on physical growth and nutritional status among school children of Thanga Island, Manipur/Ningthoujam Yaima Singh and Saratchandra Konsam. 17. Growth pattern of the meitei and Kabui Naga boys of Manipur/P. Inakhunbi Devi and Saratchandra Konsam. 18. Socio-medico-legal aspects of elopement among the meiteis of Manipur/R.K. Sanatomba Singh, Saratchandra Konsam and L. Fimate. 19. Variations among the Muslim populations of Manipur, Assam and West Bengal states of India—a perspective/Saratchandra Konsam and Latif Shah. Index.
"The book is divided into three sections, viz. Prehistoric, Archaeology, Social and Cultural Anthropology, and Physical Anthropology for the sake of convenience. From the diverse nature of the study, it will be of a good source of valuable materials for different aspects of human studies, specially on North-East Indian population and more specifically of Manipur, with its unique resources of Anthropology." (jacket)
[Saratchandra Konsam is Professor of Anthropology Manipur University.]
