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Statistical marriage preferences of the Ramah Navaho
American anthropologist • 61 • Published In 1959 • Pages: 470-491
By: Zelditch, Morris.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This article presents an examination of statistical data to challenge Reichard's statement that the Navajos prefer to marry into their father's clan. Using Kluckhohn's Ramah census of 1942, 527 marriages are examined. The conclusion is that '…marriage into father's clan is statistically infrequent and…the general pattern of alliances in no way resembles what one might expect if systematic clan preferences existed in the system' (p. 489).
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Regulation of marriage
- Clans
- 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.
- Sociologist
- 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
- none
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1942
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Ramah, New Mexico, United States
- NotesAdditional notes
- Morris Zelditch, Jr.
- Includes bibliographical references (490-491)
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 17015424
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Navajo Indians