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Contribution to the study of the Yaruro Indians (Venezuela)
Journal de la Société des Américanistes, n.s. • 43 • Published In 1966 • Pages: 109-122
By: Le Besnerais, Henri, Reynolds, Priscilla.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This source presents some brief notes on the territory occupied by the Yaruro, and various surrounding tribes with whom they come in contact, principally the Cuiba (Jirajara), the Guahibo, Chiricoa and Amburua. More extensive notes and tables are then presented on Yaruro house types, location of settlements, and on Yaruro and Venezuelan peasant populations, including data on population density, fertility, and mortality. The article conludes with a list of the various diseases common to the Yaruro. Corrections from Bulletin de la Societie suisse des Americanistes, No. 24, Sept., 1962, pp. 21-23, have been added to the text.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Identification
- Location
- Climate
- Composition of population
- Dwellings
- Settlement patterns
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Pumé
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2014
- 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.
- 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.
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- John Beierle ; 1966
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1947-1950
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1947-1950
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Llanos region, Apure, Venezuela
- NotesAdditional notes
- Henry Le Besnerais
- Translation of: Contribution a l'Étude des Indiens Yaruro (Venezuela).
- Translated for the HRAF files by Priscilla Reynolds with corrections from Bulletin, Societie suisse des Americanistes -- Schweizerische Amerikanisten-Gelsellschaft No. 24 Sept., 1962 p.21-23
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Yaruro Indians