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come he was willing to make such notes as he could during brief rest
periods m his survey work. He was, however, anxious not to jeopardise
his mam work by making too many enquiries. He never considered these
as sufficient, and m fact draws attention to further work that needs to be
done (p. 103). I asked him to make this material available as a report so
that I could write a commentary on it, with reference to previous studies.
It remains the only monograph on this village, and thus the only one on
a fortified village that is still inhabited. He took many hundreds of pho-
tographs, and tape-recorded some of the more important conversations
he held with the villagers. He has collected all the data necessaiy for an
ethnographic description - indeed more than I expected. We have decid-
ed to publish this material in comparison with the results of interviews I
conducted during our earlier expeditions to Tangir, Darel and Gor. It is
typical of the present situation, and no fault of Andrews, that the term
wcHz does not occur in his report, nor m the careful glossary he made.
This term was only meaningful at a time when solidarity against foreign
enemies was highly important.
Now, perhaps, with these fine plans at our disposal, it will be possible to
pose further questions, for example whether the large associations
formed within the population for mutual negotiation could inherit specif-
ic quarters in the village, and if this might include kinship groups co-op-
ted to arrive at equality of numbers among the factions.
Many of Dr. Andrews' observations are not contained in earlier reports.
Even on the first expedition, when Prof. Dr. Adolf Friedrich tried to
deliver a balanced presentation of what he had seen, essential details
were omitted. Only m the course of preparing this monograph did I learn
the prerequisites for the actual system.
The publication of this book would not have been possible without the
financial support of the German Research Foundation and the Heidel-
berg Academy for the Humanities and Sciences. I also have to thank my
assistant Ellen Kattner, M.A., for helping me during the whole process
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periods m his survey work. He was, however, anxious not to jeopardise
his mam work by making too many enquiries. He never considered these
as sufficient, and m fact draws attention to further work that needs to be
done (p. 103). I asked him to make this material available as a report so
that I could write a commentary on it, with reference to previous studies.
It remains the only monograph on this village, and thus the only one on
a fortified village that is still inhabited. He took many hundreds of pho-
tographs, and tape-recorded some of the more important conversations
he held with the villagers. He has collected all the data necessaiy for an
ethnographic description - indeed more than I expected. We have decid-
ed to publish this material in comparison with the results of interviews I
conducted during our earlier expeditions to Tangir, Darel and Gor. It is
typical of the present situation, and no fault of Andrews, that the term
wcHz does not occur in his report, nor m the careful glossary he made.
This term was only meaningful at a time when solidarity against foreign
enemies was highly important.
Now, perhaps, with these fine plans at our disposal, it will be possible to
pose further questions, for example whether the large associations
formed within the population for mutual negotiation could inherit specif-
ic quarters in the village, and if this might include kinship groups co-op-
ted to arrive at equality of numbers among the factions.
Many of Dr. Andrews' observations are not contained in earlier reports.
Even on the first expedition, when Prof. Dr. Adolf Friedrich tried to
deliver a balanced presentation of what he had seen, essential details
were omitted. Only m the course of preparing this monograph did I learn
the prerequisites for the actual system.
The publication of this book would not have been possible without the
financial support of the German Research Foundation and the Heidel-
berg Academy for the Humanities and Sciences. I also have to thank my
assistant Ellen Kattner, M.A., for helping me during the whole process
XI