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Present day conditions among the Aborigines of Formosa (Atayal and Bunun)
Sociologus • 6 (2) • Published In 1956 • Pages: 153-169
By: Beauclair, Inez de.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This is an overview of the Atayal and Bunun peoples based on Japanese reports and ethnographies, and the author’s own field trips. It includes discussion of settlements, housing, agriculture, food, hunting, clothing, ornaments, utensils, music, medicine, and transportation. The author also discusses culture change with respect to income, education, healthcare, and religion.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Identification
- Historical and archival research
- Acculturation and culture contact
- Tillage
- Diet
- Dwellings
- Settlement patterns
- External trade
- Burden carrying
- Music
- Magical and mental therapy
- Shamans and psychotherapists
- Missions
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Atayal
- RegionThe area the document pertains to
- Asia
- Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
- East Asia
- Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
- article
- Evaluation
- Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Ethnologist
- Document Rating A ranking done by HRAF anthropologists based on the strength of the source material on a scale of 1 to 5, as follows: 1 - poor; 2 - fair; 3 - good, useful data, but not uniformly excellent; 4 - excellent secondary data; 5 - excellent primary data.
- 4: Excellent Secondary Data
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- Ian Skoggard; 2019
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1955-1956
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1913-1956
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Nantou county, Taiwan
- NotesAdditional notes
- By Inez de Beauclair
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 55017613
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Atayal (Taiwan people)