Book
The Warao: a study in microevolution
University Microfilms International • Ann Arbor, Michigan • Published In 1984 • Pages:
By: Fleischman, Mark Lawrence.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This thesis is 'a demonstration of the interaction of physical environment and social organization and their influence upon the gene pool of the Warao' (p. viii). The first chapters cover the environment and life mode of the Warao, with special attention to how the demands of the environment and the Warao subsistence strategies relate tot the social organization. Excellent data are provided on the size, composition, and placement of the primary Warao social units, the household and village. The author then examines how the form of the social organization affects the Warao gene pool by statistically describing a series of genetic traits and analyzing variation among village means.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Collecting
- Kinship terminology
- Community structure
- Household
- Extended families
- Anthropometry
- Genetics
- Descriptive somatology
- 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.
- Physical Anthropologist
- 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
- David Sherwood ; 1984
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- no date
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- not specified
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Amacuro Delta, mouth of the Orinoco River, Venezuela
- NotesAdditional notes
- Thesis (Ph.D.) -- University of California, Los Angeles, 1975
- UM 75-19,683
- Theoretical Orientation (121) and Organization and analysis of results of research (128) for explanation of the symbols and formulas used in the dempgraphic charts.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 180-186)
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Warao Indians