book chapter
The Indians of Tierra del Fuego
Museum of the American Indian, Heye Foundation • New York • Published In 1928 • Pages:
By: Lothrop, S. K. (Samuel Kirkland).
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
The introduction presents general information on the natural environment of Tierra del Fuego as a whole, with notes on the history and bibliography of the area and data on the culture status and physical type of the Fuegians. The section particularly pertinent to the Yahgans, titled 'The Canoe Indians,' includes a general survey of the culture with emphasis on its material and technological aspects. The final section again treats the Fuegian Indians generally, presenting an historical reconstruction of their origins and a comparison of their cultural status with that of the primitive Europeans, Seri, and Eskimo. This work may be considered as a complement to that of Gusinde.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Prehistory
- Linguistic identification
- Fowling
- Hunting and trapping
- Mats and basketry
- Normal garb
- Ornament
- Weapons
- General tools
- Utensils
- Boats
- Games
- Athletic sports
- Nuptials
- Kinship terminology
- Inter-community relations
- Shamans and psychotherapists
- Burial practices and funerals
- Mythology
- Puberty and initiation
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Yahgan
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2003
- 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.
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- George R. Bedell ; 1961
- 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
- ca. mid-nineteenth century -1925
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Tierra del Fuego, Chile
- NotesAdditional notes
- By Samuel Kirkland Lothrop
- Only pages 1-47, 116-244 are included
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 219-225) and index
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 28018106
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Yahgan Indians