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The Aymara Indians of the Lake Titicaca Plateau

American Anthropological Association50 (68) (2)Published In 1948 • Pages: 250 , plates

By: La Barre, Weston.

AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This is a comprehensive anthropological study of the Aymara Indians. There are chapters on physical environment, material culture, social, political and economic organization, magical and religious practices, and various branches of folk knowledge. La Barre has given special attention to the historical contacts between the Inca and the Aymara which are important to the understanding of the development of Andean cultures.
SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
Culture summary
cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
Aymara
HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
1995
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
Book
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 Lee
Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
1937-1938
Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
not specified
Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
Bolivia
NotesAdditional notes
Weston La Barre
Bibliography p. 228. Includes index
LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
Aymara Indians