Book
The indigenous civilization of the Uaupés
Centro de Pesquisas de Iauareté • Sao Paulo • Published In 1962 • Pages: HRAF MS: 749 [original: 496 , plates]
By: Silva, Alcionilio Bruzzi Alves da, Lillios, Ivana.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This book discusses in detail the tribal groupings of the Tucano from historical and linguistical evidence. The various Tucano groups that in the 1950s were almost identical as far as their culture is concerned, have only recently become a group with a common language. Apparently this has been caused through intermarriage and the attendance at mission schools. The author presents a detailed description of material culture, religion, and social organization, in particular kin relations. Native terms are explained and used throughout the book. Numerous historical sources by travellers and missionaries on the Indians of the area are quoted.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Identification
- Culture summary
- Behavior processes and personality
- Vocabulary
- Food quest
- Hunting and trapping
- Fishing
- Vegetable production
- Diet
- Dwellings
- Settlement patterns
- Utensils
- Dance
- Gender status
- Sickness
- Magical and mental therapy
- Shamans and psychotherapists
- Organized ceremonial
- Ideas about nature and people
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Tukano
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 1998
- 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.
- Missionary
- 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
- Sigrid Khera ; Dubravka Schmalzbauer ; 1971-1974
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1947-1958
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- ca. 1900-1958
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Vaupés - Caiari river area, Colombian - Brazilian border area
- NotesAdditional notes
- P. Alcionilio Brü;zzi Alves da Silva
- Translation of: A civilizaçao indigena do Uaupés.
- The original Portugese text is not included
- Translated for the HRAF files by Ivana Lillios
- Includes bibliographical references (p.736-739) and index
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 65040167
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Tucano Indians