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A Quiché altar
Man • 26 • Published In 1926 • Pages: 89-90
By: Lothrop, S. K. (Samuel Kirkland).
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This is a short article on a traditional Quiché mountain altar that the author claims is evidence of the survival of pre-Christian religious practices labeled "nagualism."
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Spirits and gods
- Sacred objects and places
- Prayers and sacrifices
- 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
- article
- Evaluation
- Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Archaeologist
- 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
- 1922-1924
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1922-1924
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Chichicastenango, Quiché, Guatemala
- NotesAdditional notes
- by S. K. Lothrop
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- sf 80000548
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Quiché Indians