Book
Adaptive changes in a tribal economy: a case study of the Winikina-Warao
University Microfilms • Ann Arbor, Mich. • Published In 1973 • Pages:
By: Heinen, H. Dieter.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This dissertation examines changes in the Winikina economy and their repercussions on social organization. A great deal of information is presented, not only on the economy but also on household composition, ceremonialism, etc.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Acculturation and culture contact
- Annual cycle
- Production and supply
- Organized ceremonial
- Household
- Kinship terminology
- Kin relationships
- Polygamy
- Residence
- Personal names
- Mutual aid
- Division of labor by gender
- Tillage
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Warao
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2000
- 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.
- Ethnographer
- 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
- Marlene Martin ; 1984
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1966-1971
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1966-1971
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Winikina Warao, Orinoco Delta, Venezuela
- NotesAdditional notes
- Heinz Dieter Heinen
- Thesis (Ph.D.) -- University of California, Los Angeles, 1972
- UM 73-10,431
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 653-665)
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Warao Indians