book chapter
The Yuki: culture
Handbook of the Indians of California. . Washington, Govt. Print. Off., 1925 • 1 • Published 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