Book
The Western Apache clan system: its origins and development
University of New Mexico • (9) • Published In 1957 • Pages: 99
By: Kaut, Charles R..
Abstract
This monograph is based on both primary field data and secondary materials. It describes the kinship organization of the Western Apache and attempts to reconstruct the historical development of this organization. The clan, phratry, and local groups are the primary units with which this book is concerned. As part of the author's discussion of the development of Apache organization, Kaut provides a section of comparative materials on the kinship terminological systems of the southern Athapaskans. It is Kaut's contention that the southern Athapaskans once shared a common culture and diverged in response to differential ecological adaptations in the southwest.
- HRAF PubDate
- 2002
- Region
- North America
- Sub Region
- Southwest and Basin
- Document Type
- Book
- Evaluation
- Creator Type
- Ethnologist
- Document Rating
- 4: Excellent Secondary Data
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- Analyst
- Eleanor C. Swanson ; 1980
- Field Date
- 1953-1954
- Coverage Date
- nineteenth century - 1954
- Coverage Place
- community of Cibecue on the Fort Apache Indian Reservation, Arizona, United States
- Notes
- Charles R. Kaut
- Based on thesis--University of Chicago
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 95-99)
- LCCN
- 57063374
- LCSH
- Western Apache Indians