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Reaction to death among the Mescalero Apache
Southwestern journal of anthropology • 2 • Published In 1946 • Pages: 454-467
By: Opler, Morris Edward.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
Mescalero beliefs and practices surrounding death are the subjects of this article. The article includes descriptions of funeral and mourning practices, a summary of Mescalero beliefs about ghosts, the afterworld, and ghost sickness, and a discussion of the treatment and remarriage of widows and widowers.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Death
- Cult of the dead
- Eschatology
- Burial practices and funerals
- Dying
- Secondary marriages
- 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.
- 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
- Eleanor C. Swanson ; 1979-1980
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1931-1935
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1931-1935
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Mescalero Indian Reservation, New Mexico, United States
- NotesAdditional notes
- Morris Edward Opler
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 47005758
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Mescalero Indians