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Culture Summary: Karajá

Human Relations Area FilesNew HavenPublished In 2018 • Pages:

By: Taveira, Edna Luísa de Melo, Fénelon Costa, Maria Heloísa, Schaper, William R. J..

AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This is a culture summary of the Karajá peoples. Information is presented on major aspects of Karajá 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)
Karajá
HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
2018
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
AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
Teferi Abate Adem; 2017
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
1725-1990
Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
middle Rio Araguaia basin, central Brazil
NotesAdditional notes
Edna Luísa de Melo Taveira and Maria Heloísa Fénelon Costa (Translated by William R. J. Schaper)
This culture summary is based on the article "Karajá" by Edna Luísa de Melo Taveira and Maria Heloísa Fénelon Costa (translated by William R. J. Schaper), in the Encyclopedia of World Cultures, Vol. 7, South America, Johannes Wilbert, ed. Boston, Mass.: G. K. Hall & Co. 1994. The text was revised and the population figures were updated by Leon G. Doyon in April-May, 2018.
Includes bibliographical references
LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
Caraja Indians