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Southern Valley Yokuts

Handbook of North American Indians. California8Published In 1978 • Pages: 448-461

By: Wallace, William James.

AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
Wallace writes an overview for the Yokuts of the southern San Joaquin Valley. He describes such things as their territory, environment, material culture, social and political organization, important life cycle events, religion, and their acculturation during the Spanish, Mexican, and American periods.
SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
Identification
Location
Topography and geology
Fauna
History
Food preparation
Diet
Settlement patterns
Moieties
Magicians and diviners
Organized ceremonial
cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
Yokuts
HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
2002
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
Sarah Berry ; 2000
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
8000 BP - 28 B.P (6000 B.C. - 1972 A.D.)
Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
Southern Valley Yokuts; California, United States
NotesAdditional notes
William J. Wallace
SuDoc #047-000-00347-4
For bibliographical references see source 21:Anonymous
LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
77017162
LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
Yokuts Indians