Book
Three Navaho households: a comparative study in small group culture
Published by the Museum • 40 (3) • Published In 1951 • Pages: xiii, 87 , plates
By: Roberts, John M. (John Milton).
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This study is the third in the series of Ramah Project Reports. Focusing on three Navajo households, the author attempts to explore the methodological significance of the small group culture concept by comparing interhousehold similarities and differences. Forty topics (thirty-eight directly from the OUTLINE OF CULTURAL MATERIALS) covering technological, sociological, and ideological aspects of Ramah Navajo culture are employed. Topics range from language to technology, and household inventories are included. The report is useful for the highly specific detail presented and an excellent photographic sequence and description of sheep butchering. However, caution should be exercised in generalizing from the material. Although the households were selected to be representative of Navajo culture, no attempt was made to place them in broader context.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Household
- Extended families
- Property in movables
- Real property
- Acculturation and culture contact
- Domesticated animals
- Pastoral activities
- Wool production
- External trade
- Theoretical orientation in research and its results
- Leisure time activities
- Labor and leisure
- 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.
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- Richard A. Wagner ; 1985
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1946
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1946
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Ramah area, New Mexico, United States
- NotesAdditional notes
- by John M. Roberts
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 87)
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- a 52008325
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Navajo Indians