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A Reconstruction of aboriginal Delaware culture from contemporary sources
Kroeber Anthropological Society papers • 1 • Published In 1950 • Pages: 45-77
By: Herman, Mary Woody.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
On the basis of the available literature, Herman, an anthropologist, reconstructs Delaware culture in this source. Information is included on food getting, material culture, social organization, political organization, war, religion, and medicine. Although brief, the source summarizes much information.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Hunting and trapping
- Fishing
- Tillage
- Food preparation
- Normal garb
- Clans
- Phratries
- Community heads
- Instigation of war
- Warfare
- Magical and mental therapy
- Medical therapy
- Mythology
- Eschatology
- Spirits and gods
- Missions
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Delaware
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2003
- RegionThe area the document pertains to
- North America
- Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
- Eastern Woodlands
- Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
- article
- Evaluation
- Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Anthropologist
- Document Rating 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.
- 4: Excellent Secondary Data
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- James R. Leary ; 1961
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- no date
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- seventeenth-nineteenth centuries
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- eastern Pennsylvania, New Jersey, southeastern New York, northern Delaware, United States
- NotesAdditional notes
- Mary W. Herman
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 72-77)
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 54036266
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Delaware Indians