Book

Seri ethnozoology

[s.n.] • Pocatello, Idaho • Published In 1962 • Pages: v, 68

By: Malkin, Borys.

AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document

This resource is a study of Seri peoples' attitudes and beliefs concerning the various animals found in their surrounding environment. Additional information is also given on the types of animals used as food and the way in which these foods are prepared. After a brief outline of Seri culture, the author takes several major groups of the animal kingdom--mammals, birds, reptiles and amphibians, fishes, mollusca, crustacea, insects and arachnoids, and, what the author calls miscellaneous, (Annelid worms, Porifera, etc.)--and discusses each from the Seri standpoint in regard to taxonomy and recognition, sex differentiation, age, size and weight, development, food habits, geographical and seasonal distribution, migrations, daily rhythm, habitat and toxicity. A useful list of native animal names with their binomials precedes each division discussed in the text. The data from which this source was compiled were gathered by the author, with the aid of native informants, during the summer of 1953 and for one week in 1955. The fieldwork was accomplished primarily at the Seri settlement of Desemboque though the author generalizes to the general Sonora area based on shorter trips to Hermosillo, Estero Sargente, Campo Vivora, and Tiburon Island.

SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF

Fauna

Diet

External trade

Ethnozoology

cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)

Seri

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

Evaluation

Creator TypesThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.

Naturalist

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

John Beierle ; 1963

Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document

1953-1955

Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to

1940-1960

Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)

Desemboque, Sonora, Mexico; Sonora, Mexico

NotesAdditional notes

by Borys Malkin

LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings

Seri Indians