Book

Havasupai ethnography

The TrusteesXXIX (III)Published In 1928 • Pages: 81-392 p

By: Spier, Leslie.

AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This account of the Havasupai is based on field work undertaken in 1918, 1919 and 1921 by the author, a trained ethnologist. It is a comprehensive monograph covering all aspects of culture with a particularly strong treatment of material culture. In addition to Havasupai materials there is considerable distributional data covering the Southwest, the Basin and Plains and California. Havasupai are compared with groups in these areas and the presence or absence of traits, their similarities, etc. are noted. The author attempts some reconstruction based on distributional evidence. A number of maps are provided which are useful in this context.
SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
Cereal agriculture
Preservation and storage of food
Food preparation
Mats and basketry
Weapons
Residence
Inheritance
Magical and mental therapy
Shamans and psychotherapists
Comparative evidence
Literary texts
cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
Havasupai
HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
2010
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
Betty Potash ; 1960:John Beierle; 2010
Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
1918-1920
Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
1840-1921
Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
north-central Arizona, United States
NotesAdditional notes
by Leslie Spier
Includes bibliographical references (p. 381-392) and index
LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
28010310
LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
Yuman Indians