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Ethnography of the Chaco
Handbook of South American Indians, edited by Julian H. Steward • 1 • Published In 1946 • Pages: 197-370
By: Métraux, Alfred.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This this document, the Handbook of South American Indians, is a brief summary of the history of the Abipon, their relations with the Spanish and aboriginal groups, and of missionary activity among them. The author is a well-known French-Argentinian ethnologist.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Identification
- History
- External relations
- Missions
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Abipón
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2010
- 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.
- 4: Excellent Secondary Data
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- Timothy J. O'Leary ; 1960: John Beierle; 2009
- 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
- 1591-1858
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Bermejo River Area, Paraguay, South America
- NotesAdditional notes
- By Alfred Métraux
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 46026504
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Abipon Indians