Book
Hopi kinship
American Museum of Natural History • 30 (7) • Published In 1929 • Pages: 361-387
By: Lowie, Robert Harry.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
In 1914 W. H. R. Rivers presented a theory in his book ‘Kinship and Social Organization’ which stated in effect that clan exogamy and the classificatory system of terminology are functionally related phenomena. To test this theory, Lowie made a provisional examination of the North American data which seemed to substantiate Rivers' hypothesis as a whole, although the information on the Southwestern area was too inadequate to make a more positive statement for this region. In order to make up this deficiency and to further test the theory, the author did some additional fieldwork among the Hopi and Zuni, collecting further data and supplementing these with material from the works of Parsons, Spier, Reichard and others whose knowledge of the area was quite extensive. The combined information gathered as noted above is presented here in the form of a detailed analysis of Hopi kinship terminology, with frequent references to similar terms among other Shoshonean tribal groups in the Southwest. Based on the analysis of his data, which also involves some discussion of clan organization, the author concludes that the clan concept has indeed exerted a deep influence on Hopi kinship nomenclature (p. 383). In addition to the above, the source also provides some valuable information on the relations between children and their grandfathers and father's sister's husband, ceremonial and other extensions of kinship terminology, and limitations involved in relative marriages.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Kinship terminology
- Comparative evidence
- Grandparents and grandchildren
- Avuncular and nepotic relatives
- Regulation of marriage
- 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
- John Beierle ; 1988
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1915-1916
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1915-1916
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Hopi pueblos, First and Second Mesas, northeastern Arizona, United States
- NotesAdditional notes
- by Robert H. Lowie
- Includes bibliographical references
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 29025635
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Hopi Indians