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The Amahuaca Indians of eastern Peru
Explorers journal • 40 (4) • Published In 1962 • Pages: 26-37
By: Carneiro, Robert L. (Robert Leonard).
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This is a cultural overview of the Amahuaca, including a history up to the ethnographic present.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Culture summary
- Location
- Topography and geology
- Acculturation and culture contact
- Hunting and trapping
- Tillage
- Normal garb
- Instigation of war
- Warfare
- Magic
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Amahuaca
- 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.
- 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
- Ian Skoggard; 2019
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1960-1961
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1870-1961
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Atalaya, Ucayali, Peru
- NotesAdditional notes
- by Robert L. Carneiro
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 30007259
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Amahuaca Indians