The Aged As Dispenser Of Information, Priests, Or Shamans

Associated Documents (1)

Main AuthorPublished YearTitle
Simmons, Leo W.The role of the aged in primitive society

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Simmons, Leo W.The aged of either sex, with some preference for males, have regularly been in demand as sources of information and experience, especially where no better means of preservation and transmission of knowledge is available. They are particularly active as priests and shamans. Variables such as climate, residence, stage of maintenance and family system exercise no marked influence on these special prerogatives of the aged (175)

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  1. activities of the aged