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Mescalero Apache
Handbook of North American Indians. Southwest • 10 • Published In 1983 • Pages: 419-439
By: Opler, Morris Edward.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This is a general summary of Mescalero Apache ethnography from about 1650 to1981. Although major emphasis in the document is on culture history, other ethnographic topics include data on the economy, population, political and social organization, subsistence, division of labor, technology, religious beliefs and ceremonies, and death and the afterlife. The study concludes with a brief synonymy of names applied to the Mescalero, and a short bibliographical list of some of the major sources of information dealing with this group.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Identification
- History
- External relations
- Public welfare
- Nuptials
- Extended families
- Community heads
- Ceremonial during infancy and childhood
- Puberty and initiation
- 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
- essay
- 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.
- 4: Excellent Secondary Data
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- John Beierle; 2009
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- no date
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1650-1981
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- northern Mexico and southwestern United States
- NotesAdditional notes
- Morris E. Opler
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 77017162
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Mescalero Indians