Book
The agriculture of the Mundurucu Indians
O Museu • (4) • Published In 1959 • Pages: HRAF MS: 38 [original: 35 ]
By: Frikel, Protásio, Brunel, Ariane.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This is a comprehensive study of Mundurucu agriculture, the data for which were gathered by the author in 1957 during a two month's stay among the Indians of the Franciscan mission of Cururú and surrounding area. The author reviews briefly the existing literature on Mundurucu agriculture, and then proceeds to describe in some detail the methods of preparing a garden plot from the initial choosing of the site by the Indian to the final harvesting and replanting of the crop. The final discursive section of this source deals with the relationship between agriculture as a basic subsistence pattern in Mundurucu society, and its reflection in the social life of the tribe as evidenced through the sexual division of labor, agricultural property and mutual assistance, and intraterritorial migrations. A list of native terms pertinent to agriculture and a list of plants used by the Indians will be found at the end of this source.
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Mundurucu
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2003
- RegionThe area the document pertains to
- South America
- Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
- Amazon and Orinoco
- Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
- Book
- 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
- John Beierle ; 1963
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1957
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1957
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Franciscan Mission, Cururú River area, State of Para, Brazil
- NotesAdditional notes
- Protásio Frikel
- Translation of: [Agricultura dos Indios Mundurukú]
- The original Portuguese text is not included
- Translated for the HRAF files by Ariane Brunel
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 75477477
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Munduruku Indians