essay
Konrad Theodor Preuss (1869-1938) on the Huichols
People of the peyote: Huichol Indian history, religion, & survival • Albuquerque • Published In 1996 • Pages: 94-135
By: Preuss, Konrad Theodor, Furst, Peter T..
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This work documents aspects of Huichol culture and economy as observed during travels by the author from 1905 to 1907. While much of the discussion is devoted to the author’s own adventures, portions include first-hand accounts of organized ceremonials, rituals, religious leaders, and families. (For non-English terms see Schaefer [1996] "Glossary." For references cited see Schaefer and Furst [1996] "Bibliography.")
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Identification
- Topography and geology
- Flora
- Fauna
- Settlement patterns
- Prayers and sacrifices
- Shamans and psychotherapists
- Medical therapy
- Sacred objects and places
- Organized ceremonial
- Animism
- Historical reconstruction
- Acculturation and culture contact
- 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
- essay
- 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.
- 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
- Teferi Abate Adem ; 2015
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1905-1907
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1905-1907
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- east-central Nayarit and northern Jalisco, Mexico
- NotesAdditional notes
- Translated from the German by Peter T. Furst
- for bibliographical references see document 23: [Schaefer and Furst]
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 95032453
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Huichol Indians