essay
Natchez and neighboring groups
Handbook of North American Indians. Southeast • 14 • Published In 2004 • Pages: 598-615
By: Galloway, Patricia Kay, Jackson, Jason Baird.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
Topics covered in this overview include territory, environment, external relations, culture, technology, clothing, kinship, and warfare. Attention is given to the "Natchez Paradox" regarding marriage proscriptions between classes and inheritance of status.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Identification
- Historical and archival research
- History
- Acculturation and culture contact
- Classes
- Regulation of marriage
- Chief executive
- External relations
- Instigation of war
- Warfare
- Suicide
- Special burial practices and funerals
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Natchez
- 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
- essay
- Evaluation
- Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Folklorist
- 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
- Ian Skoggard; 2019
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- not applicable
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1680-1908
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Adams, Jefferson and Claiborne counties, Mississippi, United States
- NotesAdditional notes
- Patricia Galloway and Jason Baird Jackson
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 77017162
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Natchez Indians