book chapter
The Natchez group
Indian tribes of the lower Mississippi and adjacent coast of the Gulf of Mexico • 43 • Published In 1911 • Pages: 45-274
By: Swanton, John Reed.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This document distills information from French seventeenth and eighteenth century documents, organizing it topically, including: clothing, ornaments, arts and industries, economic life, medicine, education, games, etiquette, marriage, social organization, feasts, war, funerals, religion, and early contact history. It includes lengthy translations of the source documents.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Historical and archival research
- History
- Acculturation and culture contact
- Cereal agriculture
- Normal garb
- Ornament
- Status, role, and prestige
- Classes
- Visiting and hospitality
- Form and rules of government
- Chief executive
- External relations
- Instigation of war
- Warfare
- Aftermath of combat
- Peacemaking
- Shamans and psychotherapists
- Medical therapy
- Suicide
- Special burial practices and funerals
- Cult of the dead
- Mythology
- Spirits and gods
- Missions
- Ordering of time
- 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
- book chapter
- 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
- 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
- 1699-1734
- 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
- By John R. Swanton
- Includes bibliographical references
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 11035489
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Natchez Indians