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Recent observations on Havasupai land tenure

Southwestern journal of anthropology3Published In 1947 • Pages: 360-366

By: Service, Elman Rogers.

AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This source deals primarily with property rights in land held by the Havasupai. The author, an ethnologist who did fieldwork in this area, considers the various rights of the individual, extended family, and community to land and its produce end, in particular discusses the inheritance system. Some comments are offered on theories regarding clan formation in relation to inheritance and residence which were advocated by Spier.
SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
Real property
Inheritance
Property in movables
Land use
Lineages
Clans
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
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.
5: Excellent Primary Data
AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
Betty Potash ; 1961: John Beierle; 2010
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
1918-1946
Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
northern Arizona, United States
NotesAdditional notes
Elman Service
Includes bibliographical references
LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
47005758
LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
Yuman Indians