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Notes on the kinship system of the Cayua Indians

Sociologia6Published In 1944 • Pages: HRAF MS: 1-23 [original: 31-48 ]

By: Watson, Virginia Drew, Lillios, Ivana.

AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This short article contains lists of the kin terminology of the Cayuá Indians, and describes the behavior between relatives in a rather generalized way. Consideration is given to written historical material from 17th to 19th century.
SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
Gender status
Arranging a marriage
Family relationships
Kinship terminology
Kin relationships
Grandparents and grandchildren
Avuncular and nepotic relatives
Puberty and initiation
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
article
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
Sigrid Khera ; Sarah Bridges ; 1971-1974
Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
1943
Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
Seventeenth 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
Virginia Drew Watson
Translation of: Notas sobre o sistema de parentesco dos índios cayuá
The original Portuguese text is not included
Translated for HRAF by Ivana Lillios
LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
Guarani Indians