Book
Ethnology of the Mayas of southern and central British Honduras
[s.n.] • 17 (2) • Published In 1930 • Pages: 27-213 , plates
By: Thompson, John Eric Sidney, Laufer, Berthold (1874-1934).
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
Thompson collected most of the ethnographic data in this report while a member of various archaeological expeditions to the area. He also spent two months at San Antonio village. His objective was to gather information on the Maya before the culture completely disappeared. In San Antonio village itself there has been immigration by Kekchi and Kekchi-Chol people and a resulting effect on religious beliefs. The source begins with a discussion of ethnic groups and immigration in British Honduras. Information on San Antonio village includes data on agriculture, religion and magic, the life cycle, economy and material culture, and an appendix on plants cultivated. The agriculture and religion of Socotz are also covered, but there is lack of information on the social organization of either group and only a brief sketch of the political organization of San Antonio. Approximately one-quarter of the source presents the folklore of San Antonio Socotz and the Corozal District.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Hunting and trapping
- Cereal agriculture
- Literary texts
- General character of religion
- Spirits and gods
- Prayers and sacrifices
- Ethnometeorology
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Maya (Yucatán Peninsula)
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2000
- 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.
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- Joan Steffens ; 1965-1966
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1927-1929
- 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)
- villages of San Antonio and Socotz, southern and central Honduras; Toledo District, Belize
- NotesAdditional notes
- by J. Eric Thompson. Berthold Laufer, ed.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 196-203)
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 31000566
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Mayas