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Culture Summary: Karajá
Human Relations Area Files • New Haven • Published In 2018 • Pages:
By: Taveira, Edna Luísa de Melo, Fénelon Costa, Maria Heloísa, Schaper, William R. J..
Abstract
This is a culture summary of the Karajá peoples. Information is presented on major aspects of Karajá culture.
- HRAF PubDate
- 2018
- Region
- South America
- Sub Region
- Eastern South America
- Document Type
- essay
- Evaluation
- Creator Type
- Ethnologist
- Document Rating
- 4: Excellent Secondary Data
- Analyst
- Teferi Abate Adem; 2017
- Field Date
- not applicable
- Coverage Date
- 1725-1990
- Coverage Place
- middle Rio Araguaia basin, central Brazil
- Notes
- Edna Luísa de Melo Taveira and Maria Heloísa Fénelon Costa (Translated by William R. J. Schaper)
- This culture summary is based on the article "Karajá" by Edna Luísa de Melo Taveira and Maria Heloísa Fénelon Costa (translated by William R. J. Schaper), in the Encyclopedia of World Cultures, Vol. 7, South America, Johannes Wilbert, ed. Boston, Mass.: G. K. Hall & Co. 1994. The text was revised and the population figures were updated by Leon G. Doyon in April-May, 2018.
- Includes bibliographical references
- LCSH
- Caraja Indians