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The specter of death in a Guatemalan highland community
Geographical review • 57 (2) • Published In 1967 • Pages: 151-167
By: Horst, Oscar H. (Oscar Heinz).
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
The title of this article is rather misleading in that the real subject matter is the problem of increasing population in the village of Ostuncalco. The author's data were gathered from census reports from 1880 to 1964, from the U. N. Demographic Yearbooks, and from field work, although the author does not specify when or for how long he was in the field. Category 166 was used for seasonal migration. Chapter subheads are: the domain of the Mam; the growth of population; the role of disease; population pressure on the land; and seasonal migration and its effects.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Demography
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Mam Maya
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2019
- 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
- article
- Evaluation
- Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Geographer
- 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
- Marlene Martin ; Eleanor Swanson ; 1976
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- none
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Palestina de los Altos; Quezaltenango Department; San Juan Ostuncalco; Guatemala
- NotesAdditional notes
- Oscar H. Horst
- Includes bibliographical references
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 17015422
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Mam Indians