essay

Huron

Handbook of North American Indians. Northeast15Published In 1978 • Pages: 368-388

By: Heidenreich, Conrad E..

AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This brief survey of the early seventeenth century Huron covers basic topics such as population, religion and ceremony, settlement, houses, social organization, village life, subsistence, trade, and warfare.
SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
Identification
Culture summary
Population
Linguistic identification
Annual cycle
Diet
Dwellings
Settlement patterns
External trade
Marriage
Clans
Community
External relations
War
Sickness
Death
Religious beliefs
cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
Huron/Wendat
RegionThe area the document pertains to
North America
Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
Eastern Woodlands
Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
essay
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
AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
Ian Skoggard; 2015
Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
not applicable
Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
1615-1650
Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
Simcoe County, Ontario, Canada
NotesAdditional notes
Conrad E. Heidenreich
GPO Stock no.: 047-000-00351-2
LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
77017162
LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
Wyandot Indians