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The Barama River Caribs of Guyana restudied: forty years of cultural adaptation and population change

University MicrofilmsAnn ArborPublished In 1973 • Pages:

By: Adams, Kathleen J..

AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This is a restudy of the same people studied in 1: Gillin. It is based largely on secondary data, e.g., general archival data and government census reports, supplemented by field work. The purpose is to study the history of forty years of cultural change, '…from the perspective of the regional influences upon a local population.' (p. 144) Particular emphasis is given to changes in demography and settlement patterns. One chapter is devoted to changes in social organization. Footnotes are located at the end of each chapter.
SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
History
Composition of population
Acculturation and culture contact
Tillage
Kinship
Settlement patterns
External trade
Labor supply and employment
Sociocultural trends
cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
Barama River Carib
HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
2009
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.
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
Marlene Martin ; John Beierle ; 1974
Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
1970-1971
Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
1930-1972
Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
Upper Barama River; Baramita Air Strip; Guyana
NotesAdditional notes
Kathleen Joy Adams
Thesis (Ph.D.)--Case Western University, 1972
UM73-6371
Data which refer to 1: Gillin have been indexed for History (175)
Includes bibliographical references (p. 151-155)
LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
Carib Indians/Indians of South America--Guyana