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Culture summary: Garifuna

Published In 2005 • Pages:

By: González, Nancie L. Solien.

AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This is a culture summary of the Garifuna.
SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
Identification
Culture summary
cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
Garifuna
HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
2005
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
Central America
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.
Ethnographer
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
AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
Ian Skoggard ; 2005
Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
1955-1985
Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
1947-1993
Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
Belize, Guatemala, Honduras, and Nicaragua
NotesAdditional notes
Nancie L. Solien González
Includes bibliographical references
LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
Garifuna (Caribbean people)