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Through unknown Florida
Harvard illustrated magazine • 12 • Published In 1911 • Pages: 141-146
By: Skinner, Alanson Buck.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This is a popularized account of the author's visit to the Seminoles living in the Big Cypress and Everglades areas of Florida in the summer of 1910. Data are presented on geography, house types, clothing, ornament, language, and Indian-White relationships. Skinner was commissioned by the American Museum of Natural History in New York to gather artifacts and cultural data on the Seminoles during his brief visit to them.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Topography and geology
- Fauna
- Flora
- Practical preparations in conducting fieldwork
- Acculturation and culture contact
- Normal garb
- Eating
- Visiting and hospitality
- Linguistic identification
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Seminole
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2003
- 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
- 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.
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- John Beierle ; 1989
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1910 (summer)
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1910
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Everglades and Big Cypress areas, southern Florida, United States
- NotesAdditional notes
- Alanson B. Skinner
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- ca 06001289
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Seminole Indians