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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, Sidney.
Abstract
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.
- HRAF PubDate
- 1995
- Region
- South America
- Sub Region
- Central Andes
- Document Type
- article
- Evaluation
- Creator Type
- Physician
- Document Rating
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- Analyst
- John Beierle
- Field Date
- 1960
- Coverage Date
- not specified
- Coverage Place
- Peru
- Notes
- Alfonso Bouroncle Carreón
- Translation of: Contribución al Estudio de los Aymaras. The original Spanish text is not included
- Includes bibliography
- 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.
- LCSH
- Aymara Indians