book chapter
Unknown Mexico: a record of five years' exploration among the tribes of the western Sierra Madre; in the tierra calients of Tepic and Jalisco; and among the Tarascos of Michoacan -- Vol. 2
Published by AMS Press for Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology, Harvard University • New York • Published In 1973 • Pages: xv, 1-285
By: Lumholtz, Carl.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This document provides the earliest systematic study of Huichol culture, based on fieldwork conducted between 1894 and 1897, part of a larger project by the American Museum of Natural History to investigate the native peoples of Mexico. Detailed descriptions of experiences in the field are provided. The author extensively participated in organized ceremonials, prayers and celebrations. Themes covered include settlement pattern, physical characteristics, clothing and decoration, religiosity, economic activities, and folklore.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Identification
- Location
- Cultural identity and pride
- Inter-ethnic relations
- Comparative evidence
- Community structure
- Settlement patterns
- Congregations
- Organized ceremonial
- Prayers and sacrifices
- External relations
- Shamans and psychotherapists
- Hunting and trapping
- Social personality
- Ethos
- Acculturation and culture contact
- Priesthood
- Theory of disease
- Visual arts
- Mythology
- Normal garb
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Huichol
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2016
- RegionThe area the document pertains to
- Middle America and the Caribbean
- Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
- Northern Mexico
- Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
- book chapter
- Evaluation
- Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Anthropologist
- 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
- Teferi Abate Adem ; 2015
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1894-1897
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1894-1902
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- eastern Nayarit and northern Jalisco, Mexico
- NotesAdditional notes
- by Carl Lumholtz. With a new introduction by Evon Z. Vogt
- Reprint of the 1902 ed.
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 72005010
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Huichol Indians