essay

Culture Summary: Chorote

Human Relations Area FilesNew HavenPublished In 2017 • Pages:

By: Siffredi, Alejandra, Gubler, Ruth.

AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This is a culture summary of the Chorote peoples. Information is presented on major aspects of Chorote culture.
SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
Identification
Culture summary
cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
Chorote
HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
2017
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
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 ; 2015
Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
not applicable
Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
1901-1994
Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
northwestern Argentina; western Paraguay; southeastern Bolivia
NotesAdditional notes
Alejandra Siffredi (Translated by Ruth Gubler)
This culture summary is from the article "Chorote" by Alejandra Siffredi (Ruth Gubler, transl.), in the Encyclopedia of World Cultures Vol. 7, South America, Johannes Wilbert, ed. Boston, Mass.: G. K. Hall & Co. 1994. Population figures were updated by Leon G. Doyon in May, 2017.
Translated by Ruth Gubler
Includes bibliographical references
LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
Choroti Indians