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Pomo: introduction

Handbook of North American Indians. California8Published In 1978 • Pages: 274-288

By: McLendon, Sally, Oswalt, Robert Louis.

AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
In the first part of this article the authors review the earliest linguistic materials written on the Pomoan languages by Gibbs, Powell, Barrett, Kroeber, and others, and attempt a new classification of the languages based on a statistical analysis of 100 lexical elements, taking into consideration the phonological and grammatical features that all these languages share in common. This is followed by a brief culture summary of the Pomo, and a much more detailed analysis of Pomo synonymies and ethnography.
SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
Identification
Place names
Location
Grammar
Linguistic identification
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
essay
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
John Beierle ; 1999
Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
no date
Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
nineteenth century - 1970s
Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
California, United States
NotesAdditional notes
Sally McLendon and Robert L. Oswalt
Stock no: 047-000-00347-4
For bibliographical references see document number 32:Anonymous
LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
77017162
LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
Pomo Indians