book chapter
The Indians of Tierra del Fuego
Museum of the American Indian, Heye Foundation • 10 • Published In 1928 • Pages: 244 , plates
By: Lothrop, S. K. (Samuel Kirkland).
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This document is primarily concerned with the material culture of the Ona. The introduction presents information on the natural environment and history of Tierra del Fuego along with a general discussion of the Indian groups occupying the area, particularly with reference to their physical type and culture status. The body of the book pertaining to this file discusses Ona (and Haush) culture, with the main emphasis on its material and technological aspects. The conclusion includes a general discussion on the origins of the Fuegian Indians and an evaluation of their cultural development. The information is based in part on three months of field work carried out by Lothrop during the summer of 1924-25.
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Ona
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 1996
- RegionThe area the document pertains to
- South America
- Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
- Southern South America
- Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
- book chapter
- 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.
- 4: Excellent Secondary Data
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- Helen Gunsher Bornstein ; John Beierle ; 1973
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1924-1925
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 3 months in the summer of 1924-1925
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Tierra del Fuego
- NotesAdditional notes
- by Samuel Kirkland Lothrop
- Included in text: 'Notes on anthropometry' by E. A. Hooton, p. 41-47. 'Ona vocabulary': p. 217-218. 'Yahgan vocabulary': p. 217-218.
- Only p. 1-110, 198-244 have been are included in the HRAF Archive. The section omitted pertains to the Yahgan and can be found in the SH06 Yahgan file
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 219-225) and index
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Ona Indians