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Culture summary: Miskito
Human Relations Area Files • New Haven, Conn. • Published In 2011 • Pages:
By: Helms, Mary W..
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This is a culture summary of the Miskito. Information is presented on major aspects of the Miskito culture.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Identification
- Culture summary
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Miskito
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2011
- 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.
- 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
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- John Beierle
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- no date
- 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)
- General Miskito; Nicaragua, also Honduras
- NotesAdditional notes
- Mary W. Helms
- This culture summary is based on the article "Miskito" by Mary W. Helms in the Encyclopedia of Cultures, Vol. 7, South America. Johannes W, ed.. G. K. Hall & Co., 1994. The synopsis and indexing notes were written by John Beierle in October 2009. Updated population figures were added by the HRAF staff in May 2011 based on Lewis (2009).
- Includes bibliographical references
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Miskito Indians