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San Juan Pueblo

Handbook of North American Indians. Southwest9Published In 1979 • Pages: 278-295

By: Ortiz, Alfonso.

AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
San Juan is the largest and northermost of the six Tewa-speaking pueblos. This article presents a brief culture summary of San Juan and its people from approximately 1541, at the time of first European-Indian contact, to 1977. This study focuses on the geography of the region, history and prehistory, the classification of human society and the physical world, social and political organization, education and health, and the sociocultural situation as it existed in San Juan in the 1970s.
SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
History
Sociocultural trends
Public welfare
Public assistance
Ethnosociology
Ethnogeography
Organized ceremonial
Moieties
Education system
cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
Tewa Pueblos
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
essay
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
John Beierle; 2008
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
1541-1977
Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
San Juan Pueblo, New Mexico, United States
NotesAdditional notes
Alfonso Ortiz
Stock number: 047-000-00361-0
LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
77017162
LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
Tewa Indians