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Culture-environment integration

Southwestern journal of anthropology2 • Published In 1946 • Pages: 252-268

By: Gayton, A. H. (Anna Hadwick).

Abstract
This paper deals with the relationship of cultural and environmental integration in Yokuts and Western Mono society. In describing this relationship, Gayton indicates how the environment functions as a cultural stabilizer in the society, and may even act as an active cultural integrator. In the process of working out her hypothesis, the author presents much additional ethnographic information on the Yokuts and Western Mono, especially in regard to their annual cycles of work and leisure, trade relationships, beliefs about the earth and universe, chronology, mythology and customs and beliefs associated with animals. The author was a professional anthropologist from the University of California.
Subjects
Topography and geology
Functional and adaptational interpretations
Annual cycle
External trade
Travel
Cult of the dead
Mythology
Revelation and divination
Organized ceremonial
Ordering of time
Ideas about nature and people
culture
Yokuts
HRAF PubDate
2002
Region
North America
Sub Region
Northwest Coast and California
Document Type
article
Evaluation
Creator Type
Ethnologist
Document Rating
5: Excellent Primary Data
Analyst
John Beierle ; 1960
Field Date
1925-1930
Coverage Date
not specified
Coverage Place
foothill region, San Joaquin Valley, California, United States
Notes
A. H. Gayton
Includes bibliographical references
LCCN
47005758
LCSH
Yokuts Indians