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Culture Summary: Tarascans

Human Relations Area Files • New Haven • Published In 2024 • Pages:

By: Roth Seneff, A. (Andrés), Kemper, Robert V..

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

This is a culture summary of the Tarascan people. Information is presented on major aspects of Tarascan culture.

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

Identification

Culture summary

cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)

Tarascans

HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document

2024

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

Central 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.

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.

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

Ian Skoggard; 2023

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

not applicable

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

1300-1995

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

Michoacán, Mexico

NotesAdditional notes

Andrew Roth-Seneff and Robert V. Kemper

The culture summary is from the article "Tarascans" by Andrew Roth-Seneff and Robert V. Kemper, in the Encyclopedia of World Cultures, Vol. 8, Middle America and Caribbean, James W. Dow and Robert Van Kemper, eds. Boston, Mass.: G. K. Hall & Co. 1995. Ian Skoggard wrote the sections "Social Organization," "Social Control," "Conflict," "Ceremonies," and "Medicine," and Leon G. Doyon updated the population figures in July, 2023.

Includes bibliographical references

LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings

Tarasco Indians

Purépecha Indians