Book

The Warao of the Amacuro Delta

Universidad Central de Venezuela • Caracas • Published In 1956 • Pages:

By: Hill, George W., Muirden, Sydney.

Abstract

This is a report about a field expedition to the Warao Indians by a team of eighteen persons -- students as well as qualified researchers -- from various departments of the Universidad Central de Venezuela (Sociology and Anthropology, Medicine, Education, Geography and Agronomy, Economy). The stay in the field lasted about two weeks during which time the members of the medical and physical anthropological team collected a good amount of somatological and physiological data (anthropometry and blood-examinations). Ethnographers, sociologists, and psychologists who visited several Warao settlements with the aid of an interpreter well known to the Indians were able to collect definite data on settlement patterns and clothing. Otherwise, they could only outline plans and problems for further ethnographical and psychological research among these Indians.

HRAF PubDate

2000

Region

South America

Sub Region

Amazon and Orinoco

Document Type

Book

Evaluation

Creator Types

Physical Anthropologist

Ethnographer

Sociologist

Document Rating

5: Excellent Primary Data

Analyst

Sigrid Khera ; 1967-1969

Field Date

1954

Coverage Date

1954

Coverage Place

Amacuro Delta, Venezuela

Notes

George W. Hill

Introduction / George W. Hill -- Ethnography / Roberto Lizarralde, James Silverberg, and José A. Silva Michelena -- Biotypology and social medicine / Adelaida G. de Díaz Ungría, Sebastián Núñez Mier y Terán, José Díaz Ungría

Translation of: Los Guararo del Delta Amacuro

The original Spanish text is not included

Translated for the HRAF files by Sydney Muirden

LCSH

Warao Indians