Book
The four ages of Tsurai: a documentary history of the Indian village on Trinidad Bay
University of California Press • Berkeley • Published In 1952 • Pages:
By: Heizer, Robert Fleming, Mills, John E., Cutter, Donald C..
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This is a collection of documents on the Yurok village of Tsurai from the time of discovery to its abandonment. The four ages represented are: The prehistoric period; the period of discovery and exploration, 1775-1800; the period of exploitation, 1800-1849, represented by the activities of the fur traders; and the period of decline and fall, 1850-1916, which commenced with the coming of gold miners. Materials for the reconstruction of the prehistory come from archaeological discoveries made by the University of California expedition in 1949. Documents on the second and third period are extracts from the journals of Spanish and American seafarers. Reports on the last period are written by observers on the scene during the hectic gold-rush days. In some cases, the information collected here is repetitive and occasionally misleading. However, it does present a picture of Yurok culture as it developed historically. Notes by the editors are found on pp. 193-207. They should be consulted for the correction of doubtful observations made by the various writers.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- History
- Acculturation and culture contact
- Diet
- Prehistory
- Dwellings
- External trade
- Normal garb
- Recreational and non-therapeutic drugs
- External relations
- Ornament
- Personal grooming
- Heating and lighting equipment
- Transmission of skills
- General character of religion
- Price and value
- Burial practices and funerals
- Behavior toward non-relatives
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Yurok
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2010
- 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
- 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
- Robert Lee ; 1958
- 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
- 1770-1952
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Yurok Indians, USA
- NotesAdditional notes
- Robert F. Heizer and John E. Mills ; Translations of Spanish documents by Donald C. Cutter
- Includes bibliographical references
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 52008358
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Yurok Indians