essay
The Araucanians
Smithsonian Institution • 2 (143) • Published In 1946 • Pages: 687-760 , 4 plates
By: Cooper, John M..
Abstract
This article, taken from The Handbook of South American Indians, is the basic synthetic document on the Araucanians. The article covers the tribal divisions, history, religion, social organization, economic life, and life cycle of the group. A goodly amount of space is devoted to diversity among the tribal subdivisions, and cultural borrowing.
- HRAF PubDate
- 2009
- Region
- South America
- Sub Region
- Central Andes
- Document Type
- essay
- Evaluation
- Creator Type
- Ethnologist
- Document Rating
- 4: Excellent Secondary Data
- Analyst
- James Leary ; 1957
- Field Date
- no date
- Coverage Date
- 1450-1940
- Coverage Place
- middle Chile
- Notes
- John M. Cooper
- For the bibliography see Vol. 2 of the Handbook of South American Indians, since the material was not included for the files.
- LCSH
- Mapuche Indians