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Endocannibalism among the Amahuaca Indians
Transactions of the New York Academy of Sciences • 24 (5) • Published In 1962 • Pages: 567-573
By: Dole, Gertrude Evelyn.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
The Amahuaca practice a form of endocannibalism that involves consuming some of the pulverized bones of the deceased following burial, exhumation, and cremation. Such practice is thought to banish the deceased's spirit, which is considered malevolent. The author compares Amahuaca endocannibalism with variations practiced throughout South America and the Caribbean.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Drives and emotions
- Cannibalism
- Burial practices and funerals
- Eschatology
- 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.
- 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
- 1960-1961
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Varadero, Purús, Ucayali, Peru
- NotesAdditional notes
- Gertrude Dole
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 572-573)
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 2011203902
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Amahuaca Indians