Book
The Aymara Indians of the Lake Titicaca Plateau
American Anthropological Association • 50 (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