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The kinship system and social structure of the Caraja Indians
Vle [i.e. Sixième] Congrès International des Sciences Anthropologiques et Ethnologiques • 2 (1) • Published In 1963 • Pages: HRAF ms: 8 [original: 43-47 ]
By: Dietschy, Hans, Fort, Richard.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This article aims to fill gaps and make corrections to an existing classification of Karajá traits. There is general agreement on subsistence economy and the sexual division of labor, but significant corrections are made regarding settlement patterns and social organization. Emphasis is given to the kinship system including descent, unilineal descent groups, family organization, and previously unreported terminology (although no native kin terms are provided).
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Tillage
- Production and supply
- Division of labor by gender
- Family
- Kinship terminology
- Rule of descent
- Lineages
- 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
- 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
- Robert O. Lagacé ; 1966
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1954-1955
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1954-1955
- 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
- Hans Dietschy
- Translation of: [Le système de parenté et la structure sociale des indiens Carajá]
- Translated for the HRAF files by Richard Fort
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 63050355
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Caraja Indians