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Ethnology of the Araucanos

Journal of the Royal Institute of Great Britain and Ireland39Published In 1909 • Pages: 334-370 , 2 plates

By: Latcham, Richard E..

AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This account of the Araucanians by a foreign resident gives detailed descriptions of various customs, beliefs, economic details, etc. as they existed among the group in the last century. The organization is a bit uneven, but much useful information is contained in the document. Latcham was a civil engineer who went to Chile in 1888 and spent the rest of his life there. He wrote many papers on the Araucanians.
SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
Acculturation and culture contact
General character of religion
Spirits and gods
Kinship terminology
Sorcery
Revelation and divination
Burial practices and funerals
cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
Mapuche
HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
2009
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.
Foreign Resident
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
James Leary ; 1957
Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
1888-1893
Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
1880-1899
Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
southern Chile
NotesAdditional notes
Richard E. Latcham
LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
sf 80000548
LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
Mapuche Indians