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The Okehocking band of Lenape: cultural continuities and accommodations in southeastern Pennsylvania
Strategies for survival : American Indians in the eastern United States • New York • Published In 1986 • Pages: 43-83
By: Becker, Marshall Joseph.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This study attempts to reconstruct certain aspects of Delaware (Lenape) culture and culture change during the eighteenth century using two approaches: (1) tracing the movement of the Delaware from area to area using colonial records to idicate native American land ownership and relinquishment thereof in southeastern Pennsylvania; and (2) the use of historic data to reconstruct Delaware life back into the prehistoric period; a technique that complements the archaeology of that era. The focus of Becket's research in this document is on a single band of Delaware known as the Okehocking, and on the time period from 1700 to 1737. An additional portion of this work deals with various modes of accomodation to culture change induced by European contact. These modes are discussed in detail in the text.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Acculturation and culture contact
- Settlement patterns
- Real property
- External relations
- 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
- essay
- 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
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- John Beierle ; 2002
- 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
- 1640-1740
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Okehocking band, southeastern Pennsylvania, United States
- NotesAdditional notes
- Marshall Becker
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 78-83)
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 85030189
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Delaware Indians