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Yurok aristocracy and 'great houses'
American Indian quarterly • 13 (4) • Published In 1989 • Pages: 421-436
By: Pilling, Arnold R..
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This paper, based heavily on taped conversations with Mrs. Lowana Brantner, the quintessence of Yurok aristocracy, presents an overview of Yurok traditional society as seen through the eyes of an aristocrat. Data presented here deal with the 'great houses' of the aristocracy, including their construction, ceremonies, distribution, occupants (e.g., priests), articles of production (e.g., basketry), and special speech patterns.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Classes
- Accumulation of wealth
- Dwellings
- Organized ceremonial
- Dance
- Incorporeal property
- Priesthood
- 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
- article
- 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.
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- John Beierle:2010
- 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
- 1850-1980
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Lower Klamath River Area, North Pacific Coast, California, United States
- NotesAdditional notes
- Arnold R. Pilling
- Includes bibliographical references
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 74647596
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Yurok Indians