Book
The Comanches: lords of the south Plains
University of Oklahoma Press • 34 • Published In 1952 • Pages: xviii, 381 , 16 plates
By: Wallace, Ernest, Hoebel, E. Adamson (Edward Adamson).
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This document is a thorough study of Comanche culture by Wallace, an ethnohistorian, and Hoebel, an anthropologist. Much of the data has been taken from the literature, but a considerable amount was gathered from informants alive at the time the study was done. The book is written in the past tense, and constitutes a reconstruction of Comanche culture as it existed before the influence of white culture changed it radically. Included are sections on the environment and history of the group, the latter section covering relations with the whites and the move to a reservation. Data are given on material culture, the life cycle, social structure, law and government, religion, curing, leisure activities, and warfare.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Geography
- History
- Acculturation and culture contact
- Adolescence, adulthood, and old age
- Kinship
- Kinship terminology
- Territorial hierarchy
- Government institutions
- General character of religion
- Medical therapy
- Recreation
- War
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Comanche
- 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
- Plains and Plateau
- 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
- James R. Leary ; 1958
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1933, 1945
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1700-1945
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- southwestern United States
- NotesAdditional notes
- Ernest Wallace and E. Adamson Hoebel
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 355-364)
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 52011087
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Comanche Indians