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Population control in the Shanel (Pomo) Tribe
American sociological review • 4 (2) • Published In 1939 • Pages: 209-216
By: Aginsky, Bernard W. (Bernard Willard).
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
The material in this source, written by B. W. Aginsky, a professional anthropologist then at New York University, is devoted almost in its entirety to Hopland Valley Pomo beliefs about conception and techniques of birth control of both a magical and mechanical nature. Information is also given regarding abortion and infanticide. The author attempts to show how the scarcity of food among the Pomo in the early days of their history led to a development of various techniques of birth control in order to keep the population reduced to such a degree that there would be adequate food for all. This in turn, according to Aginsky, influenced to some degree Pomo religious beliefs and practices.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Functional and adaptational interpretations
- Diet
- General character of religion
- Magic
- Conception
- Abortion and infanticide
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Pomo
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2000
- RegionThe area the document pertains to
- North America
- Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
- Northwest Coast and California
- 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 ; 1960
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1934-1936
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- not specified
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Hopland Valley Pomo (Shanel), California, United States
- NotesAdditional notes
- Burt W. Aginsky
- Includes bibliographical references
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 37010449
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Pomo Indians