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).
Abstract
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.
- HRAF PubDate
- 2000
- Region
- North America
- Sub Region
- Plains and Plateau
- Document Type
- Book
- Evaluation
- Creator Type
- Ethnologist
- Document Rating
- 4: Excellent Secondary Data
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- Analyst
- James R. Leary ; 1958
- Field Date
- 1933, 1945
- Coverage Date
- 1700-1945
- Coverage Place
- southwestern United States
- Notes
- Ernest Wallace and E. Adamson Hoebel
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 355-364)
- LCCN
- 52011087
- LCSH
- Comanche Indians