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Notes on Paviotso material culture

Nevada State Museum (1)Published In 1959 • Pages: 7 , 9 end plates

By: Wheat, Margaret M..

AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
In this source the author, a professional anthropologist at the Nevada State Museum, describes the making of a tule balsa boat and a cattail house, from the gathering of the basic raw materials to the finished product. Her descriptions are further illustrated by many photographs taken during the various stages of construction. The boat and house were both made for the author's benefit by present day Paviotsos living near Stillwater, Nevada.
SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
Shipbuilding
Boats
Dwellings
Forest products
cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
Northern Paiute
HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
2012
RegionThe area the document pertains to
North America
Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
Southwest and Basin
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.
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.
5: Excellent Primary Data
AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
John Beierle ; 1962; John Beierle; 2011
Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
1958
Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
1958
Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
Stillwater, northern Nevada, United States
NotesAdditional notes
Margaret M. Wheat
LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
73641131
LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
Paiute Indians