READ ME File For 'Warrau dugout canoe use in Guyana'

Dataset DOI: 10.5258/SOTON/D3083

Date of file creation: May, 2024

ReadMe Author: ROBERT S. HOLTZMAN, University of Southampton, ORCID ID 0000-0002-6768-7084

Date of data collection: 04/08/2022 – 11/10/2023

Location of data collection: Imbotero, Region 1, Guyana; Warapoka, Region 1, Guyana

Method of data collection: Data collected by participant observation and interview.

Licenses/restrictions placed on the data, or limitations of reuse: CC BY 4.0 licence, no restrictions

This dataset supports the publication:
AUTHOR: Holtzman, Robert S.
TITLE: Warrau dugout canoe use in Guyana: Persistence of traditional watercraft and culture in a tropical swamp landscape, University of Southampton

Recommended citation for publication: Holtzman, Robert S., 2024, ‘The Heritage of the Warrau Dugout Canoe: Persistence of traditional watercraft and culture in a tropical swamp landscape’, Doctoral thesis, Dept. of Archaeology, University of Southampton

Recommended citation for dataset: Holtzman, Robert S., 2024, ‘DATASET: Warrau dugout canoe use in Guyana’, University of Southampton, DOI: 10.5258/SOTON/D3083.

This dataset contains three files:

1. Warrau_Dugout_Holtzman_Fieldwork_Journals_anonymised.pdf: Fieldwork journals in digital textual form from Word docs. and images of handwritten notes

2. Dugout_canoe_project_consent_form.pdf: blank participant consent form

3. Dugout_canoe_project_participant_information_sheet.pdf: information given to prospective participants describing the project