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Uncertain refuge: frontier formation and the origins of the Botocudo war in late colonial Brazil
Hispanic American historical review • 82 (2) • Published In 2002 • Pages: 215-256
By: Langfur, Hal.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This is an account of the early colonial encounter between the Botocudo and the Portuguese settlers and Brazilian state, from the time of a gold rush to the end of a declared state of war on the Botocudo and other indigenous peoples of the eastern interior in 1831.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Identification
- Maps
- Historical and archival research
- History
- Acculturation and culture contact
- Settlement patterns
- Personal names
- External relations
- Warfare
- 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
- article
- Evaluation
- Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Historian
- 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
- 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
- not applicable
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1693-1808
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- central-eastern Minas Gerais, Brazil
- NotesAdditional notes
- Hal Langfur
- Includes bibliographical references
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 19014875
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Botocudo Indians