essay
Culture Summary: Tarascans
Human Relations Area Files • New Haven • Published In 2024 • Pages:
By: Roth Seneff, A. (Andrés), Kemper, Robert V..
Abstract
This is a culture summary of the Tarascan people. Information is presented on major aspects of Tarascan culture.
- HRAF PubDate
- 2024
- Region
- Middle America and the Caribbean
- Sub Region
- Central Mexico
- Document Type
- essay
- Evaluation
- Creator Type
- Ethnologist
- Document Rating
- 4: Excellent Secondary Data
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- Analyst
- Ian Skoggard; 2023
- Field Date
- not applicable
- Coverage Date
- 1300-1995
- Coverage Place
- Michoacán, Mexico
- 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
- LCSH
- Purépecha Indians