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Ifugao ethnobotany 1905 - 1965: the 1911 Beyer-Merrill report in perspective

Economic botany21Published In 1967 • Pages: 243-272

By: Conklin, Harold C..

AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This source presents in the form of a single inventory, 'all the essential information in the 1911 Beyer-Merrill manuscript.' That document, 'largely unpublished,' contains a list of 156 plants used by the Ifugao, their botanical name, location and native uses. Conklin has added to this list '4 tables which aid in the analysis and cross-indexing of its content.' These tables provide: (1) present Ifugao plant names with the corresponding ones used in 1905; (2) a list of botanical names and the corresponding Ifugao terms; (3) a list of the families represented and the entry numbers of the plants with each; and (4) a list of Beyer's original field numbers and the corresponding entry numbers used here. He also presents a survey of Ifugao ethnobotanical studies to date (1965).
SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
Glossary
Reviews and critiques
Organization and analysis of results of research
Diet
Ethnobotany
cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
Ifugao
HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
1999
RegionThe area the document pertains to
Asia
Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
Southeast Asia
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.
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.
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
Martin Malone ; Marlene Martin ; 1974
Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
1961-1965
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)
Bayninan, Banaue, Amganad, and Kababuyan areas, Mountain Province, northern Luzon, Philippines
NotesAdditional notes
Harold C. Conklin
Discussion of the Beyer-Merrill report, even though its data are included in this report, is indexed for Reviews and Critiques (114) since it is an earlier document that this author is evaluating.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 271-272)
LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
50031790
LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
Ifugao (Philippine people)