essay
Western Pomo and Northeastern Pomo
Handbook of North American Indians. California • 8 • Published In 1978 • Pages: 289-305
By: Bean, Lowell John, Theodoratus, Dorothea J..
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This article presents an ethnographic sketch of the California Pomo with emphasis on Western and Northeastern groups. The authors discuss the language and territory of the Pomo, the environment, subsistence patterns, technology, clothing and adornment, structures, social and political organization, life cycle events, religion, external relations, trade, warfare, prehistory, and history. The authors note throughout the effects of acculturation on native institutions.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- History
- Acculturation and culture contact
- Sociocultural trends
- Collecting
- Hunting and trapping
- Fishing
- Mats and basketry
- Normal garb
- Internal trade
- Extended families
- Tribe and nation
- Community heads
- Local officials
- 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
- 1579 - 1970s
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Western and Northeastern Pomo, Central California, United States
- NotesAdditional notes
- Lowell John Bean and Dorothea Theodoratus
- SuDoc #047-000-00347-4
- For bibliographical references see source number 32:Anonymous
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 77017162
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Pomo Indians/ Pomo Indians