book chapter

A journey on the Rio Zamora, Ecuador

Geographical review4Published In 1917 • Pages: 434-449

By: Hermessen, J. L..

AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
The author surveyed the territory around the upper Rio Zamora and the basin of Loja The section of the article which deals with descriptions of the culture of the Jivaro has been excerpted for the files This article has been translated into Spanish and published in 1941 in 'Revista Geographica Ameicana' -- volume 16.
SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
Special languages
Weapons
Division of labor by gender
Travel
Missions
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.
Government Official
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
1917
Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
175-1915
Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
Equador
NotesAdditional notes
J. L. Hermessen
This document consists of excerpts
Includes bibliographical references
LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
17015422
LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
Jivaro Indians/Shuar Indians