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Contribution to the study of the Aymara
América Indígena • 24 (2) • Published In 1964 • Pages: 129-169, 233-269 [HRAF translation ms.: 98 ]
By: Bouroncle Carreón, Alfonso, Muirden, Sydney.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This is a study of the Aymara of the Peruvian altiplano. The first part deals with culture history, population statistics, environment, material culture, trade, travel and transportation, occupations and wages. The second part is about social organization, the life cycle, literacy and education, religion, the fine arts (music, dancing, painting, sculpture, and poetry), mathematics and knowledge of astronomy, behavior and the psychological characteristics of the people, concepts of land, use of coca and alcohol, and various types of games and diversions, including prostitution. Bouroncle Carreón, a doctor of medicine, lived among the Aymara for six months in 1960 while participating in a medical program on the Peruvian altiplano.
- 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
- article
- Evaluation
- Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Physician
- 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
- John Beierle
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1960
- 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)
- Peru
- NotesAdditional notes
- Alfonso Bouroncle Carreón
- Translation of: Contribución al Estudio de los Aymaras. The original Spanish text is not included
- Translated from the Spanish for the Human Relations Area Files by Sidney Muirden. The foreign text that was originally published in two separate parts, has been repaginated by HRAF in consecutive page order as pp. 129-208.
- Includes bibliography
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Aymara Indians