book chapter

The Yuki: culture

Handbook of the Indians of California. . Washington, Govt. Print. Off., 19251Published In 1972 • Pages: 169-181

By: Kroeber, A. L. (Alfred Louis).

AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This is the Yuki culture entry for the Handbook of the Indians of California (1925) by Alfred Kroeber. It is a classic monograph that discusses everything from utensils and dress to marriage and warfare. Other topics include food, houses, leadership, counting, burials, and naming. Religion is discussed in another chapter (see document no. 8.)
SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
Culture summary
cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
Yuki
HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
2003
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
book chapter
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
5: Excellent Primary Data
AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
Ian Skoggard ; 2001
Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
unknown
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)
Mendocino County, California, United States
NotesAdditional notes
By A. L. Kroeber
LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
75108501
LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
Yuki Indians