Book
The Western Apache clan system: its origins and development
University of New Mexico • (9) • Published In 1957 • Pages: 99
By: Kaut, Charles R..
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This monograph is based on both primary field data and secondary materials. It describes the kinship organization of the Western Apache and attempts to reconstruct the historical development of this organization. The clan, phratry, and local groups are the primary units with which this book is concerned. As part of the author's discussion of the development of Apache organization, Kaut provides a section of comparative materials on the kinship terminological systems of the southern Athapaskans. It is Kaut's contention that the southern Athapaskans once shared a common culture and diverged in response to differential ecological adaptations in the southwest.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Comparative evidence
- Kinship terminology
- Clans
- Phratries
- Community structure
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Western Apache
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2002
- 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.
- 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
- Eleanor C. Swanson ; 1980
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1953-1954
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- nineteenth century - 1954
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- community of Cibecue on the Fort Apache Indian Reservation, Arizona, United States
- NotesAdditional notes
- Charles R. Kaut
- Based on thesis--University of Chicago
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 95-99)
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 57063374
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Western Apache Indians