Book
The changing pattern of Hopi agriculture
Royal Anthropological Institute • (30) • Published In 1971 • Pages: [6], 66 , plates
By: Bradfield, Maitland.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This source is concerned with three questions relating to land use in the Oraibi valley: 1) what factors determine the location of Hopi agricultural fields? 2) what were the economic and social effects of the dissection of the wash below the village of Oraibi? and 3) what have been the long term effects on the pattern of land use in the valley of the introduction of draught animals and carts and tractors and pick-up trucks? The author answers the questions through a consideration of the topography, climate, soil, and vegetation of the Oraibi area, the Hopi land use pattern over time, and the causes and date of the dissection of the Oraibi valley. The author concludes that: 1) choice of field sites are determined by the availability of water in the form of surface run-off and the capacity of the subsoil to retain moisture; 2) the dissection of the wash below Oraibi was the immediate cause of the split at Oraibi in 1906; and 3) the introduction of draught animals in the late 19th century resulted in the clearing of new fields at greater distances from the village, the abandonment of marginal land, and the concentration of land holdings, a trend furthered by the introduction of tractors and pick-up trucks; the introduction of draught animals also reduced labor demands in agriculture and thereby opened the way for a great increase in sheep herding.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Agricultural science
- Tillage
- Cereal agriculture
- Land use
- Topography and geology
- Recording and collecting in the field
- Flora
- Climate
- Soil
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Hopi
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2000
- RegionThe area the document pertains to
- North America
- Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
- Southwest and Basin
- 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.
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- Gerald Reid ; 1988
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1966-1970
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- ca. 1851-1970
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Oraibi Valley, Third Mesa, northeastern Arizona, United States
- NotesAdditional notes
- Maitland Bradfield
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 64-66)
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 72187839
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Hopi Indians