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Saraguros
Encyclopedia of medical anthropology : health and illness in the world's cultures • New York • Published In 2004 • Pages: 937-947
By: Finerman, Ruthbeth.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This document presents a succinct culture summary of the Saraguro people who live in Loja Province in Ecuador's southern Andes. Major emphasis in the study is on illness, theories of illness, treatment of the sick, and life cycle events related to problems of health.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Morbidity
- Mortality
- Theory of disease
- Pharmaceuticals
- Medical therapy
- Conception
- Pregnancy
- Childbirth
- Infant care
- Public health and sanitation
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Saraguro Quichua
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2010
- RegionThe area the document pertains to
- South America
- Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
- Central Andes
- 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
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- John Beierle; 2010
- 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
- 1500-2000
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Saraguro Region, Loja Province, Ecuador
- NotesAdditional notes
- Ruthbeth Finerman
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 946-947)
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 2003050644
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Quechua Indians