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The army worm: a food of the Pomo Indians
Essays in anthropology presented to A. L. Kroeber • Berkeley, Calif. • Published In 1936 • Pages: 1-5
By: Barrett, S. A. (Samuel Alfred).
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This document deals with the use of the army worm as a source of food supply among the Pomo Indians. Interesting details are given by the author on the unique traps used by the Pomo in collecting these worms, as well as on the insects themselves (i.e., feeding habits, etc.). Data are also given on the preparation and preservation of these army worms for food.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Fauna
- Collecting
- Food preparation
- Diet
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Pomo
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2000
- RegionThe area the document pertains to
- North America
- Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
- Northwest Coast and California
- 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.
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- John Beierle ; 1960
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1904
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1904
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Russian River area, northern California , United States
- NotesAdditional notes
- Samuel A. Barrett
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 36014302
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Pomo Indians