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An eighteenth century Comanche document
American anthropologist, n.s. • 31 • Published In 1962 • Pages: 289-298
By: Thomas, Alfred Barnaby.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This source contains a tally sheet sent by Spanish authorities to the Comanche leader Equeracapa. The tally sheet is of interest both as an example of Comanche pictographic writing and as a source of some data concerning Comanche military organization. The author has included a reproduction of the portion of the document containing pictographs and a translation of the tally and related documents. Included is a list of leaders, translations of their names, the names of their groups, and estimates of the number of tents in their groups.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- History
- Military organization
- External relations
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Comanche
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2019
- 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
- article
- Evaluation
- Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Historian
- 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
- Eleanor C. Swanson ; Marlene Martin ; 1978
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- no date
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- New Mexico, United States
- NotesAdditional notes
- By Alfred B. Thomas
- Includes bibliographical references
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 17015424
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Comanche Indians