Book

Cultural geography of the modern Tarascan area

U.S. Govt. Print. Off. (7) • Published In 1948 • Pages: vi, 78 , 14 photographic plates

By: West, Robert C. (Robert Cooper).

Abstract
This otherwise comprehensive cultural geography (the Sierra subregion accounts for approximately two-thirds of the time spent in field survey) focusses mainly on material culture, with an emphasis on agriculture, trade, craft production, and the economy. With frequent historical asides, the author notes changes since first contact with the Spanish.
Subjects
Climate
Topography and geology
Acculturation and culture contact
Speech
Agriculture
Food preparation
General tools
Internal trade
External trade
culture
Tarascans
HRAF PubDate
2024
Region
Middle America and the Caribbean
Sub Region
Central Mexico
Document Type
Book
Evaluation
Creator Type
Geographer
Document Rating
5: Excellent Primary Data
Analyst
John Beierle; 1959
Field Date
1946
Coverage Date
1946
Coverage Place
central-northern Michoacán, Mexico
Notes
by Robert C. West ; Prepared in cooperation with the United States Dept. of State as a project of the Interdepartmental Committee on Scientific and Cultural Cooperation
Occasional unnumbered subtitles are entered when the data refer principally to one or more of the cultural sub-areas of Sierra, Lake Pátzcuaro, La Canada, or Mestizo Tarascans.
"One of a series of monographs describing the results of the joint field investigations of the Institute of Social Anthropology and the Escuela Nacional de Antropologia of Mexico in the Tarascan area of Michoacan, Mexico, 1945-46."
Includes bibliographical references (p. 75-77)
LCCN
48007513
LCSH
Tarasco Indians
Morelia (Mexico)--Description and travel