Book
The Black Carib of British Honduras
Wenner-Gren Foundation for Anthropological Research, Inc. • New York • Published In 1951 • Pages: 185
By: Taylor, Douglas MacRae.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
The ethnographic work for this study of the Garifuna of British Honduras (Belize) was carried out by the author during twelve months in 1947-1948. This work is a major contribution to anthropological literature. Although the material presented here is dated, the work presents a well-rounded overview of traditional Garifuna (Garifuna) culture of that time. The source covers cultural history, relations with other ethnic populations of the region, language, subsistence activities, social organization, life cycle events, and religious beliefs and practices. Taylor also provides much comparative information in this work on the Island Caribs or Callinago.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- History
- Acculturation and culture contact
- Language
- Kinship terminology
- External relations
- Cult of the dead
- 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
- Book
- Evaluation
- Creator TypesThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Ethnologist
- Linguist
- 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
- John Beierle ; 1989-1991
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1947-1948
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1947-1948
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Hopkins, Stann Creek, Seine Bight, Punta Gorda, and Barranco, Belize; Livingston, Guatemala; Trujillo and Roatán, Honduras
- NotesAdditional notes
- Douglas MacRae Taylor
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 172-176)
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 52000181
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Garifuna (Caribbean people)