Book
The Talamancan tribes of Costa Rica
The Peabody Museum • 43 (2) • Published In 1962 • Pages: x, 108
By: Stone, Doris.
Abstract
This source is a general ethnography of Talmancan peoples, focusing almost exclusively on the Bribri and Cabécar groups. The data presented include geography (divided culturally into the Chirripó river valley [both upper or Central Plateau, and lower or Caribbean coastal plain], upper and lower Talamanca [canton], and the adjacent Pacific slopes), historical orientation, the language, subsistence activities, houses and house types, dress and ornamentation, transportation, manufacture, the life cycle, recreation and leisure activities, religion and magic, mythology and native arts (dance, songs, etc.). Information on medicine men and their activities is of particular interest. The author presents translations of native texts pertaining to various myths and songs. There are three appendices: first deals with cultivated foods and domestic animals; the second has scores of two Bribri songs; the third, written by Carlos Meléndez Ch., is presented as a separate document in this collection. The author was an ethnologist and archaeologist with a special interest in Central America.
- HRAF PubDate
- 2012
- Region
- Middle America and the Caribbean
- Sub Region
- Central America
- Document Type
- Book
- Evaluation
- Creator Type
- Ethnologist
- Document Rating
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- Analyst
- John Beierle ; 1961
- Field Date
- 1956-1959
- Coverage Date
- 1956-1959
- Coverage Place
- Bribri and Cabecar peoples,southern Costa Rica
- Notes
- Doris Z. Stone
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 107-108)
- LCCN
- 62052039
- LCSH
- Talamanca Indians