Book
The lost universe: with a closing chapter on 'The universe regained'
Basic Books • New York • Published In 1965 • Pages:
By: Weltfish,Gene.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This work, the product of a number of years of research among the Pawnee of Oklahoma, is a sensitive and illuminating portrayal of the Pawnee as they existed in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. The information presented is based on memory ethnography provided by Weltfish's informant, Mark Evarts. Evarts was a Pawnee of the Skidi band who experienced reservation life during the period of 1861-1875. Weltfish authenticated this information with ethnographic documents and data that he collected during his fieldwork. The first part of the monograph provides background on Pawnee history and culture, followed by a series of brief chapters reconstructing the daily and seasonal round of life of a group of Pawnee in Nebraska during the year 1867. The book concludes with a section of end notes, a lengthy bibliography, and an index.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Hunting and trapping
- Tillage
- Travel
- Sorcery
- Shamans and psychotherapists
- Prayers and sacrifices
- Revelation and divination
- Organized ceremonial
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Pawnee
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 1998
- 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
- Gilbert Winer ; Sigrid Khera ; John Beierle ; 1968-1972
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1928-1936, 1954
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- late 1800s - early 1900s
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Skidi (Skiri), Chawi, Kitkahahki, and Pitahawirata bands ; Pawnee, Oklahoma, United States
- NotesAdditional notes
- Gene Weltfish
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 480-491) and index
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 64025277
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Pawnee Indians