essay
Locality as a basic factor in the development of Iroquois social structure
Symposium on local diversity in Iroquois culture • Washington, D.c. • Published In 1951 • Pages: 35-54
By: Fenton, William N. (William Nelson).
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This is an examination of of the effects of locality or residence on the development of Iroquois social structure. In developing this subject Fenton examines the village and its residents and in concluding the article he offers his theory on coresidence or the concept of locality as a method of interpreting Iroquois culture history.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Cultural participation
- Historical reconstruction
- Sociocultural trends
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Iroquois
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 1996
- 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.
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- John Beierle ; 1961
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1933-1949
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- not specified
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- not specified, United States and Canada
- NotesAdditional notes
- William N. Fenton
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Iroquois Indians