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The fate of Navajo twins
American anthropologist • 66 • Published In 1964 • Pages: 883-887
By: Levy, Jerrold E..
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This brief communication examines Navajo conceptions of twins based on an examination of hospital and vital records coupled with primary field work. The researcher concludes that, although mythology accounts for the generally accepted conclusion about ambivalence toward twins, a negative attitude actually prevails in less acculturated areas. There is also reason to suspect neglect and higher mortality in case of twins.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Difficult and unusual births
- Birth statistics
- Mortality
- 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
- article
- 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
- Richard A. Wagner ; 1985
- 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
- ca 1961
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Tuba City, Arizona, United States
- NotesAdditional notes
- Jerrold E. Levy
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 886-887)
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 1715424
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Navajo Indians