Book
Cayuá culture change: a study in acculturation and methodology
American Anthropological Association • (73) • Published In 1952 • Pages: 144
By: Watson, James B. (James Bennett).
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
After a discussion of the part of Guarani history for which written sources exist, Watson discusses in detail the acculturative changes in Cayuá culture. He traces the causal interrelationships of these changes, and reaches the final conclusion that during the whole period of acculturation Cayuá culture manifested a relatively high degree of organization. Sharp conflicts or periods of stress apparently did not occur. Strong acculturative influences took place during the period of missionization by the Jesuits from 1610 to 1768, and since the beginning of the 20th century when the expansion of the White Brazilian population deprived the Indians of the larger part of their territory. Today the Cayuá Indians live primarily on agriculture, instead of the hunting and fishing subsistence base of earlier times. The trade of some agricultural goods, strainers, and hammocks to Whites, as well as wage labor for White agriculturalists have brought a certain amount of goods from Neo-Brazilian civilazation to the Cayuá. The original extended family, that resided in one large building, has been replaced by the nuclear family that occupies a small dwelling alone.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Historical reconstruction
- History
- Acculturation and culture contact
- Sociocultural trends
- Functional and adaptational interpretations
- External trade
- Labor supply and employment
- External relations
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Guaraní
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 1998
- RegionThe area the document pertains to
- South America
- Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
- Eastern 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.
- 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
- Sigrid Khera ; Dubravka Schmalzbauer ; 1971-1972
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- June-Dec. 1943
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- Sixteenth century -1943
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Cayuá Indians, village of Taquapirí, Brazil
- NotesAdditional notes
- James B. Watson
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 133-137) and index
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 52010028
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Guarani Indians