book chapter
Irrigation agriculture and Navaho community
American anthropologist, n.s. • 47 • Published In 1945 • Pages: 262-277
By: Goldfrank, Esther Schiff.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This is a strong argument for the theory that the Navajo have been sedentary agriculturists since historic times. Pursuing this thesis, the author, an anthropologist, discusses the degree of community cooperation and the emergence of leaders as a result of farming and the control of flood waters for irrigation. Where agriculture was established, she finds, cooperation under respected leaders occurred. Consequently, she joins with other applied anthropologists in urging government agencies to 'recognize again 'those weighty substantial men' in whom authority and control are vested - the local headmen, the community leaders.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Internal migration
- Prehistory
- History
- Pastoral activities
- Tillage
- Water supply
- Mutual aid
- Community structure
- Community heads
- Disasters
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Navajo
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2004
- 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 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.
- 3: Good, useful data, but not uniformly excellent
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- Katchen S. Coley ; 1951-1953
- 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
- 900-1941
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Arizona, New Mexico, Utah, United States
- NotesAdditional notes
- Esther S. Goldfrank
- This document consists of excerpts
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 275-277)
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 1715424
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Navajo Indians