book chapter
The Caribs of the Lesser Antilles
Aborigines of the West Indies • 9 • Published In 1895 • Pages: 295-313
By: Ober, Frederick A. (Frederick Albion).
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
The author, a traveler and naturalist, gives a brief history of contacts between the Carib people and Europeans, a culture summary in the form of statements quoted from various earlier writers, and a description of petroglyphs and archaeological discoveries followed by a reconstruction of pre-Columbian history of the Caribs based on comparative evidence. Some of Ober's statements have been questioned by Modern experts on the Island Caribs. They are of interest, however, because of the scarcity of first-hand late nineteenth century accounts of the Island Carib.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Identification
- History and culture change
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Kalinago
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2005
- RegionThe area the document pertains to
- Middle America and the Caribbean
- Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
- Caribbean
- Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
- book chapter
- Evaluation
- Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Natural Scientist
- 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
- George R. Bedell ; 1958
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1876-1878
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1493-1891
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Greater and Lesser Antilles
- NotesAdditional notes
- By Frederick A. Ober …
- Includes bibliographical references
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 03026863
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Black Carib Indians