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People of the middle place: a study of the Zuni Indians
[Human Relations Area Files] • [new Haven, Conn.] • Published In 1963 • Pages:
By: Leighton, Dorothea Cross, Adair, John.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This document is the last of the tribal monographs under the Indian Education Personality and Administration Project. It is made up of two distinct sections. The first is an ethnographic account of the Zuni written by John Adair and the second is a study of personality traits among Zuni school children by Dorothea Leighton. In the first part there is a marked emphasis on the acculturative process and its ramifications in the social, economic and religious spheres. This material constitutes the background for the second section which contains the results and interpretations of intelligence, projective and psychological tests administered to the Zuni children, detailed life histories of six of these children, and a general discussion of Zuni cultural patterns and personality patterns.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Tests and schedules administered in the field
- Drives and emotions
- Personality traits
- Life history materials
- Functional and adaptational interpretations
- Acculturation and culture contact
- Sociocultural trends
- Clans
- Congregations
- 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
- essay
- Evaluation
- Creator TypesThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Physician
- 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
- Millicent Kim ; 1963: John Beierle; 2007
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1942-1948
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1900-1948
- 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 Dorothea C. Leighton and John Adair
- Unpublished manuscript on file at Human Relations Area Files
- Includes bibliiographical references (p. 207-215)
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Zuni Indians