Book
Delaware culture chronology
Indiana Historical Society • 3 (1) • Published In 1946 • Pages: [1]-143
By: Kinietz, W. Vernon (William Vernon).
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This volume is a study of Delaware acculturation over the past three centuries. The author tests the hypothesis that when an ethnic group comes into contact with or is invaded by a superior or more complex culture its technology is the first part of its culture to change. Social concepts and behavior are more resistant to change. Religion is the most resistant to change. His extensive use of documentary materials is supplemented by his field data gathered among the survivors of the Delaware in Oklahoma.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Acculturation and culture contact
- Hunting and trapping
- Food preparation
- Diet
- Dance
- Naming
- Etiquette
- Nuptials
- Clans
- Tribe and nation
- Community heads
- Offenses against life
- Warfare
- Magical and mental therapy
- Burial practices and funerals
- Eschatology
- Spirits and gods
- Organized ceremonial
- 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
- Book
- Evaluation
- Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Ethnologist
- 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
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- Robert J. Theodoratus ; 1962
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1938
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1600-1930s
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- United States
- NotesAdditional notes
- by Vernon Kinietz
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 139-143)
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 47000800
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Delaware Indians