essay
The hot-cold wet-dry syndrome among the Quiche of Joyabaj: two alternative cognitive models
Cognitive studies of southern Mesoamerica, editor on the field, Helen L. Neuenswander, consultant editor, Dean E. Arnold • Dallas, Tex. • Published In 1977 • Pages: 94-125
By: Neuenswander, Helen L., Souder, Shirley D..
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This is a study of Quiché ethnomedicine. The Quiche see the world, including human physiology, in terms of hot and cold. Good health requires balancing the two, and illness is diagnosed in terms of a preponderance of one or the other. "Hot" and "cold" foods are used to maintain health and in medical treatments.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Morbidity
- Diet
- Preventive medicine
- Theory of disease
- Medical therapy
- Cosmology
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Quiché Maya
- 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
- essay
- Evaluation
- Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Medical Personnel
- 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
- Ian Skoggard; 2021
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- not specified
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1967-1976
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Joyabaj, Quiché, Guatemala
- NotesAdditional notes
- Helen L. Neuenswander and Shirley D. Souder
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 124-125)
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 77080015
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Quiché Indians