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The Botocudo
Handbook of South American Indians, edited by Julian H. Steward • 1 • Published In 1946 • Pages: 531-540
By: Métraux, Alfred.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This encyclopedic work covers what little was known about the Botocudo.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Identification
- Collecting
- Hunting and trapping
- Tillage
- Vegetable production
- Diet
- Cordage
- Ornament
- Personal grooming
- Utensils
- Music
- Community structure
- Community heads
- Shamans and psychotherapists
- Medical therapy
- Burial practices and funerals
- Mythology
- Spirits and gods
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Botocudo
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2019
- 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
- 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
- Ian Skoggard; 2019
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- no date given
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1560-1939
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- southeastern Bahia, Espirito Santo, and central-eastern Minas Gerais, Brazil
- NotesAdditional notes
- By Alfred Métraux
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 46026504
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Botocudo Indians