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The resource holding corporation among the Mescalero Apache
Southwestern journal of anthropology • 23 • Published In 1967 • Pages: 277-291
By: Basehart, Harry W..
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This article, based on memory ethnography and historical documents, presents the argument that the Mescalero in the 1850s may be conceptualized as a 'resource holding corporation.' According to Basehart, access to resources within the Mescalero territory was equally open to all members of the Mescalero group, or tribe; property rights did not inhere in individuals or bands. In presenting his argument, Basehart provides information on subsistence patterns, social groups, and group mobility and flexibility.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Settlement patterns
- Geography
- Community structure
- Real property
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Mescalero Apache
- 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
- article
- Evaluation
- Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Ethnographer
- 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 ; 1979-1980
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1957-1964
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1849-1861
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- southwestern United States and northern Mexico
- NotesAdditional notes
- Harry W. Basehart
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 289-291)
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 47005758
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Mescalero Indians