Book

Indian tribes of the Argentine and Bolivian Chaco: ethnological studies

Akademische Buchhandlung4 (1)Published In 1932 • Pages: x, 236

By: Karsten, Rafael.

AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This is a general monograph on the culture of the Mataco, Toba and Choroti Indians of the northern Gran Chaco by a professor of moral philosophy at the University of Helsingfors. The author had considerable previous field experience among South American Indian groups. Material is included on general cultural characteristics and material culture, social organization, life cycle, education, warfare trade and visiting, and religion. The emphasis throughout is upon the religious side of life of these groups with Karsten usually commenting on what he thinks various elements of custom mean to them. The distribution studies of Nordenskiöld are criticized.
cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
Mataco
HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
1997
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
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
Timothy J. O'Leary; 1958 ; Leon G. Doyon; 2022
Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
1911-1913
Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
not specified
Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
Argentina and Bolivia
NotesAdditional notes
by Rafael Karsten, Ph.D.
Since data on the three groups (Mataco, Toba and Choroti) are mixed on most pages, these data have been indexed only for the Mataco.
Pages 206-230 on the Toba are not included
LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
ac 33003409
LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
Mataco Indians