Book
Zuni kin terms
Laboratory of Anthropology, University of Nebraska • (2) • Published In 1956 • Pages: i-viii, 1-23
By: Schneider, David Murray, Roberts, John M. (John Milton).
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
In this excellent document the authors examine the kinship system of the Zuni in order to ascertain the basic principles and underlying the terminology and to test the interpretations of Zuni kinship offered in earlier works by Kroeber and Eggan. They discuss the large number of irregularities in kinship terminology and the presence of conflicting principles of generation and lineage in the cousin terminology, relating this to the relative weakness of Zuni lineages vis a vis other groups in the society and to the consequent importance of role designating as opposed to classifying functions of kin terms. Integration is viewed as essentially bilateral in character thus corroborating Kroeber's thesis. However, they agree with Eggan that descent is matrilineal, not bilateral, and that the lineage principle is reflected in the terminology, although in modified form. A number of charts are included in the document giving terms according to lineage membership, lists of terms, their application, and the irregularities and alternates are also given. The authors, ethnologists, did field work in the area.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Kinship terminology
- Cultural participation
- Lineages
- Reviews and critiques
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Zuni
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2009
- 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; 2007
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1953
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1953
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- southwestern United States
- NotesAdditional notes
- David M. Schneider and John M. Roberts
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 23A)
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Zuni Indians