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Jivaro souls
American anthropologist • 64 (2) • Published In 1962 • Pages: 258-272
By: Harner, Michael J..
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This is a technically sophisticated analysis of a complex system of soul beliefs, and of their functional interrelations with other cultural, social and psychological variables. Specifically, there are two basic themes in the article: (1) a precise description and analysis of soul beliefs and associated supernatural traits, showing that they form a logically integrated system; and (2) a functional interpretation of the relations of this system to two outstanding behavioral patterns of the Jivaro -- internecine killing and the taking and shrinking of human heads The belief system provides the cultural nexus -- not a causal explanation -- of these practices, and the total constitutes an internally consistent cultural complex of major significance in Jivaro society In view of this, it should be noted that apparently nearly all of Harner's data was obtained from interviews, not personal observations, and no concrete or quantified data are presented -- the article being written at a generalized level The author does include a comparison and critique of pertinent data from the earlier major sources on the Jivaro
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Animism
- Eschatology
- Spirits and gods
- Revelation and divination
- 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
- article
- 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
- Robert O. Lagacé
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1956-1957
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1956-1957
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Equador
- NotesAdditional notes
- Michael J. Harner
- Footnotes appearing at the end of the article may be found in pages 270-272
- Includes bibliographical references (p.272)
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 17015424
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Jivaro Indians/Shuar Indians