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Agriculture among the Bush Negroes of the Maroni

West-Indische Gids • 35 • Published In 1954 • Pages: HRAF MS: 1-34 [Original: 135-153 ]

By: Geijskes, D. C., Neuse, Richard.

AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document

This article focuses on patterns and problems of agricultural and land utilization among two groups of Suriname Maroons, the Paramacca along the Maroni River, and the Ndyuka (Aucaner) mainly along the Tapanahoni River. Included is a detailed inventory of food and other plants cultivated, plus some useful wild plants, and a number of good photographs illustrating cultivation practices and techniques of food processing. The author sets forth some suggestions for improving agricultural conditions.

SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF

Agriculture

cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)

Ndyuka

HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document

1999

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

article

Evaluation

Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.

Government Official

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 ; 1968

Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document

1952

Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to

1952

Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)

Ndyuka and Paramaka tribes, Suriname

NotesAdditional notes

by D. C. Geijskes

Translation of: De Landbouw bij de Bosnegers van de Marowijne

The original Dutch text is not included

Translated for the HRAF files by Richard Neuse

LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings

Djuka people