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Culture summary: Jamaicans
HRAF • New Haven, Conn. • Published In 2022 • Pages:
By: Wedenoja, William Andrew.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This is a culture summary of the Jamaican people. Information is presented on major aspects of Jamaican culture.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Identification
- Culture summary
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Jamaicans
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2022
- 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
- essay
- EvaluationIn this alphanumeric code, the first part designates the type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on. The second part is 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.
- Ethnologist-4, 5
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- Ian Skoggard ; 2021
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- not applicable
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1500-1993
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Jamaica
- NotesAdditional notes
- William Wedenoja
- This culture summary is from the article "Jamaicans" by William Wedenoja, in the [i]Encyclopedia of World Cultures[/i], Vol. 8, [i]Middle America and Caribbean[/i], James W. Dow and Robert Van Kemper, eds. Boston, Mass.: G. K. Hall & Co. 1995. Leon G. Doyon updated the population and economic statistics and made other minor revisions in February 2022. Teferi Abate Adem revised the synopsis in January 2025. Teresa Silva added some updated information to the Identification and Location, Commercial Activities, Political Organization, and Conflict sections in November 2025.
- Includes bibliographical references
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Jamaicans