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Author: Author's name as listed in Library of Congress records
Anonymous
Métraux, Alfred, 1902-1963
Vescelius, Gary S.
Title:
Information on Brazil and of its leaders
Published in: if part or section of a book or monograph
Revista trimensal de historia e geographia -- Vol.
6
Published By: Original publisher
Revista trimensal de historia e geographia -- Vol.
6
Rio de Janeiro: J.M. Nunes Garcia. 1844. 412-443 p.
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By line: Author's name as appearing in the actual publication
HRAF Publication Information: New Haven, Conn.:
Human Relations Area Files, 2003. Computer File
Culture: Culture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC) with the alphanumberic OWC identifier in parenthesis.
Tupinamba (SO09)
Subjects: Document-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
Linguistic identification (197);
Alcoholic beverages (273);
Mode of marriage (583);
Instigation of war (721);
Aftermath of combat (727);
Magicians and diviners (791);
Abstract: Brief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
The author of this report was an anonymous Jesuit. The
report contains only a few pages on the Indians but they give us some data which confirm
other statements on important matters, like preferential marriage and
revitalism.
Document Number: HRAF's in-house numbering system derived from the processing order of documents
18
Document ID: HRAF's unique document identifier. The first part is the OWC identifier and the second part is the document number in three digits.
so09-018
Document Type: May include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs or chapters/parts of monographs.
Component part(s), monograph
Language: Language that the document is written in
English translation from Portuguese
Note:
This document consists of excerpts|Translation of:
[Enformacao do Brazil, e de suas Capitanias]|The original Portuguese text is not included
Translated for the HRAF files by Alfred Métraux prior to 1956 ; additional translation by
Gary S. Vescelius ca. 1970
Field Date: The date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
1584
Evaluation: In this alphanumeric code, the first part designates the type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigene, 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
Missionary-3, 4
Analyst: The HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection.
Alfred Métraux ; Gary Vescelius ; 1971
Coverage Date: The date or dates that the information in the document pertains to (often not the same as the field date).
1584
Coverage Place: Location of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
Brazil
LCSH: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Tupinamba Indians
