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The Black Carib of British HondurasBook 1951 • Taylor, Douglas MacRae
Garifuna • Middle America and the Caribbean > Central America
The ethnographic work for this study of the Garifuna of British Honduras (Belize) was carried out by the author during twelve months in 1947-1948. This work is a major contribution to anthropological literature. Although the material presented here i...The Caribs of Dominicaarticle 1938 • Taylor, Douglas MacRae
Island Carib • Middle America and the Caribbean > Caribbean
This article is a general ethnographic summary of the modern Island Caribs living in the reserve set aside for them on the island of Dominica. The author treats primarily the material culture. He also has chapters on physical anthropology, social and...The meaning of dietary and occupational restrictions among the Island Caribarticle 1950 • Taylor, Douglas MacRae
Island Carib • Middle America and the Caribbean > Caribbean
This article treats fasting and similarly restrictive practices of the Island Carib. It examines both the form and occasion of each practice as a particular application of a general concept of the susceptibility of the individual to harmful forces an...Kinship and social structure of the Island Caribarticle 1946 • Taylor, Douglas MacRae
Island Carib • Middle America and the Caribbean > Caribbean
In this article the author compares the information given by early writers on the Carib with conditions encountered in modern times among the Carib remnant in Dominica. He quotes several writers whose works have been translated and included in this f...The interpretation of some documentary evidence on Carib culturearticle 1949 • Taylor, Douglas MacRae
Island Carib • Middle America and the Caribbean > Caribbean
This source is primarily a commentary on the summary of Carib culture presented by Irving Rouse in the HANDBOOK OF SOUTH AMERICAN INDIANS, Vol. 4 (see 5: Rouse). Taylor gives criticisms, corrections and additions to the Rouse article, quoting several...A note on Dominican basketry and its analoguesarticle 1948 • Taylor, Douglas MacRae & Moore, Harvey C.
Island Carib • Middle America and the Caribbean > Caribbean
This article deals with the materials, construction, design and uses of basketry among the Caribs in the island of Dominica. Over half the study is devoted to a comparative treatment of similar basketry among the modern non-Carib population of Domini...The ethnobotany of the Island Caribs of Dominicaarticle 1957 • Hodge, Walter H. & Taylor, Douglas MacRae
Island Carib • Middle America and the Caribbean > Caribbean
This is an invaluable addition to the relatively scarce information on the Island Caribs, being a careful analysis of cultural usage and a description and a description of most of the plants employed by the Dominican Indians. The authors first presen...