book chapter

Historical and ethnographical material on the Jivaro Indians

Govt. Print. Off.WashingtonPublished In 1938 • Pages: xi, 148

By: Stirling, Matthew Williams.

AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This source presents for the first time in English most of the known early source material The translations are the work of Marion Stirling The author, while a member of the Latin-American expedition, gathered the ethnographic material for this book from Jivaros on the Paute, Upano, Yaupe, Chinganasa, and Alto Marañon Rivers.
SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
History
Weapons
Visiting and hospitality
Warfare
Aftermath of combat
cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
Jivaro
HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
2000
RegionThe area the document pertains to
South America
Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
Amazon and Orinoco
Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
book chapter
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.
5: Excellent Primary Data
AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
Katherine Schlesinger ; 1950-1956
Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
1930-1931
Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
1540-1931
Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
Ecuador and Peru
NotesAdditional notes
Matthew Williams Stirling
This document consists of excerpts
LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
38026405
LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
Jivaro Indians/Shuar Indians