Book
A study of the Thlingets of Alaska
Fleming H. Revell Co. • New York • Published In 1914 • Pages:
By: Jones, Livingston French.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
Jones was a missionary and lived among the Tlingits for over twenty years. This study is a record of his personal observations. It is a descriptive and narrative account, and often superficial. However, it has the merit of attempting a systematic report on the Tlingit culture before much serious anthropological work had been done. The book contains information on physical environment, demography, kinship system and kin groups, settlements and community structure, clothes and ornaments, diet, economic activities, arts and amusements, marriage, family life, childbirth, diseases and death, shamanism, totemism, personal traits, legal and social norms, missionary activities and acculturation.
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Tlingit
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 1997
- RegionThe area the document pertains to
- North America
- Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
- Northwest Coast and California
- Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
- Book
- Evaluation
- Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Missionary
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- Robert Lee ; 1958
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1893-1914
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1893-1914
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- southeastern Alaska, United States
- NotesAdditional notes
- by Livingston F. Jones
- Includes index
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 14002860
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Tlingit Indians