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Anthropometry of a Mam-speaking group of Indians from Guatemala
American journal of physical anthropology, n.s. • 6 • Published In 1948 • Pages: 429-448
By: Goff, Charles Weer.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This article is a report of clinical observations and anthropometric measurements made on a group of 61 Mam men from the Huehuetenango region. Included are data on blood pressure and pulse, various anthropometric indices, descriptive somatology, and observations on the incidence of illness and physical abnormalities. The author spent two months in the field in 1947 and undertook the research in order to provide a data base from which comparison could be made with skeletal remains unearthed by the United Fruit Company's archaeological excavation at Zaculeu.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Morbidity
- Anthropometry
- Descriptive somatology
- Physiological data
- 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.
- Physician
- 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
- Eleanor Swanson ; 1976-1977
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- February - March 1947
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Huehuetenango Department, Guatemala
- NotesAdditional notes
- Charles Weer Goff
- Includes bibliographical references
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 20014728
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Mam Indians