essay

An ecological perspective of socioterritorial organization among the Teheulche in the ninteenth century

Peasants, primitives, and proletariats : the struggle for identity in South AmericaThe HaguePublished In 1979 • Pages: 75-105

By: Williams, E. Glynn.

AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This paper reinvestigates the socioterritorial organization of the Tehuelche Indians by using ecological perspectives. It concludes that Tehuelche soceity was divided into six major unitw which in turn consisted of about for small bands numering about seventy. Tehuelche bands were led by hereditary <native>caciques</native> but their membership was extremely fluid.
SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
Fauna
Flora
Historical reconstruction
Acculturation and culture contact
Annual cycle
Collecting
Fowling
Hunting and trapping
Animal by-products
Preservation and storage of food
Diet
Land use
Water supply
Environmental quality
Settlement patterns
Weapons
Real property
Acquisition and relinquishment of property
External trade
Labor and leisure
Division of labor by gender
Occupational specialization
Travel
Routes
Animal transport
Verbal arts
Status, role, and prestige
Accumulation of wealth
Ethnic stratification
Social relationships and groups
Regulation of marriage
Household
Kinship terminology
Lineages
Community structure
Community heads
Inter-community relations
Inter-ethnic relations
External relations
Public welfare
Aftermath of combat
Alcoholism and drug addiction
Poverty
Ritual
Ethnozoology
Ethnosociology
Status and treatment of the aged
cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
Tehuelche
HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
2000
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
essay
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.
5: Excellent Primary Data
AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
Teferi Abate Adem; 2006
Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
no date
Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
1670-1968
Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
Argentina
NotesAdditional notes
E. Glynn Williams
Includes bibliographical references (p. 101-105)
LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
81150227
LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
Tehuelche Indians