Book
Priests and warriors: social structures for Cherokee politics in the 18th century
American Anthropological Association • [menasha, Wis.] • Published In 1962 • Pages: viii, 124
By: Gearing, Fred O..
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This document addresses Cherokee social structures and politics in the 18th century. 18th century Cherokee social organization and structure are described and related to historical, political and military events. The sources of as well as changes in leadership are also a concern. The author describes village organization and describes how changes in the relations among the independent villages made possible the temporary emergence of a Cherokee 'state'. The source ends with a comparison of state formation among the Cherokee and other groups. The author's data are historical and so provide a far from thorough account of the events of the time period covered (1701-1800). There is a good deal of theoretical discussion in the document, based especially on the author's own concepts for social analysis. How well the data fit the conclusions drawn is a question to be answered by the reader. On the whole, this is a fine account of Cherokee-Colonial interaction during the 18th century.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- External relations
- History
- Acculturation and culture contact
- Property
- Legal and judicial personnel
- Community councils
- Deliberative councils
- Military organization
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Cherokee
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2000
- 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
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- Christopher Latham ; John Beierle ; 1987
- 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
- 1700-1800
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- southeastern United States [especially North Carolina, Tennessee, South Carolina, and Georgia]
- NotesAdditional notes
- Frederick Osmond Gearing
- American anthropologist, v. 64, no. 5, pt. 2, Oct. 1962
- Based on thesis, University of Chicago
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 119-121)
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 63005824
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Cherokee Indians