Book
Navaho material culture
Belknap Press of Harvard University Press • Cambridge, Mass. • Published In 1971 • Pages:
By: Kluckhohn, Clyde, Hill, W. W. (Willard Williams), Kluckhohn, Lucy Wales.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This source is intended to be a more or less complete reference volume on Navajo material culture from several different regions, representing everything which elderly informants could remember (pp. v-vi). The text consists of very detailed descriptions of individual traits of material culture organized into chapters on subsistence, shelter, clothing, ritual, and recreation. Regional variation (Ramah, East, Central, and West areas) is discussed for each trait. It closes with a summary and analysis discussing such things as raw materials, distribution of traits, and changes over time.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Weapons
- Work in skins
- Hunting and trapping
- General tools
- Pastoral activities
- Utensils
- Mats and basketry
- Food preparation
- Dwellings
- Paint and dye manufacture
- Ethnobotany
- Normal garb
- Ornament
- Personal grooming
- Acculturation and culture contact
- Sociocultural trends
- Musical instruments
- Ethnogeography
- Athletic sports
- Spectacles
- Games
- Cultural participation
- Identification
- 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
- 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
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- Marlene Martin ; 1985
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1933-1958
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1846-1969
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- southwestern United States, especially vincinity of Ramah, New Mexico, United States
- NotesAdditional notes
- [by] Clyde Kluckhohn, W. W. Hill [and] Lucy Wales Kluckhohn
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 467-481)
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 78122217
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Navajo Indians