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Notes on the ethnography of Tzeltal communities of Chiapas

Carnegie Institution of Washington5Published In 1939 • Pages: 105-119

By: Redfield, Robert, Villa Rojas, Alfonso.

AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This is an account of Tzeltal communities dealing specifically with community structure, political organization, economics, and religious festivals. The source was written on the basis of Villa Rojas's 34 day fieldwork and further supplemented by both authors' later literature research and analysis. An agricultural calendar is also recorded.
SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
Culture summary
cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
Tzeltal
HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
1995
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
Maya Area
Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
Book
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
Cheng-ruey Ma
Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
1938
Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
not specified
Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
Chiapas, Mexico
NotesAdditional notes
Robert Redfield and Alfonso Villa Rojas
Bibliography: p. 118-119
LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
Tzeltal Indians