Book
Zuñi kin and clan
The Trustees • 18 (2) • Published In 1917 • Pages: 39-204
By: Kroeber, A. L. (Alfred Louis).
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This account is based on field work undertaken in 1915-1916. The author, a famed ethnologist, discusses Zuni kinship, household and family organization and clans. He evaluates their importance for social relationships and membership in other groups paying particular attention to fraternities and the priesthood. The materials were gathered systematically through censuses of several clans, fraternities and priesthood. Some comparisons are with other Pueblo groups and a number of comments are offered on earlier studies of these groups and of Zuni. The physical aspects of the town are described in the text and maps, and settlement patterns and movements to new houses within Zuni are also discussed and related to family organization . Finally the author notes some changes that have occurred in Zuni during the period between the field work of several earlier ethnologists and his own trip.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Kinship terminology
- Clans
- Household
- Settlement patterns
- Sodalities
- Comparative evidence
- 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 ; 1961: John Beierle; 2007
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1915-1916
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1915-1916
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Zuni Pueblo, New Mexico, United States
- NotesAdditional notes
- by A. L. Kroeber
- Includes bibliographical references
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 17020191
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Zuni Indians/Indians of North America--Social life and customs/Clans