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Aims My research began in 1966 from Arthur Upham Pope’s remark that no one
Drawing I - Lak, Javanmard, Khurramabad, West Iran
Now, forty years on, I have made complete surveys of nomad tents in Morocco, Turkey, Iran, and Qatar, and done fieldwork in Mongolia and Qirgizstan, all with the help of my wife. We have also studied almost all the tents available in museum collections in Europe and Russia, besides adding some more A simple criterion has governed this fieldwork: that my data should be accurate enough for anyone to be able to reconstruct the tents I studied. The means are measured drawings and sketches, photographs, tape recordings, specimens of materials, and field notes. The data range from the methods of spinning yarn to the layout and movement of camps. Drawing III - Firuzkuhi of Afghanistan Now it is plain that my starting point, the belief that nomad cultures would be affected drastically by changes in society, was correct, and although the traditions have not all disappeared, very many have been so weakened that much of what we recorded can no longer be found. We are glad we began when we did, and that we interviewed old people who gave details the younger generation no longer know.
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