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Camp, clan, and kin among the Cow Creek Seminole of Florida

Field Museum of Natural History33 (1)Published In 1941 • Pages: 27

By: Spoehr, Alexander.

AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This source is a brief sketch of the social organization of the Cow Creek Seminole band as it existed at the time of the author's field study in 1939. The main topics discussed in this work are the organization of the camp, the clan, kinship relations and terminology, and the levirate and sororate. The author frequently notes the traditional pattern of social organization and changes that have taken place with time and as a result of acculturation.
SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
Tribe and nation
Clans
Phratries
Lineages
Community structure
Kin relationships
Dwellings
Settlement patterns
Kinship terminology
Family relationships
Parents-in-law and children-in-law
Avuncular and nepotic relatives
Secondary marriages
Acculturation and culture contact
Sociocultural trends
cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
Seminole
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.
5: Excellent Primary Data
AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
John Beierle ; 1989
Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
1939 (Feb.-June)
Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
late nineteenth century - 1930s
Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
Cow Creek Seminole of the Brighton Reservation, southern Florida, United States
NotesAdditional notes
by Alexander Spoehr
Issued also as thesis (Ph. D.) University of Chicago
Includes bibliographical references (p. 26)
LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
41022535
LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
Seminole Indians