Book
The pueblo of Sia, New Mexico
U.S. Govt. Print. Off. • Washington • Published In 1962 • Pages: xii, 358
By: White, Leslie A..
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
Leslie White made several field trips to the New Mexican pueblo of Zia, an extended stay in 1928-1929, and return visits of not more than a month or two in 1934, 1938, 1946, 1952, 1954, 1955, and 1957. He relied heavily on informants and focused on secret societies. He discusses the societies' leadership, recruitment, ceremonies, dances, masks, costumes, and curing practices. The latter involved the use of sand painting, specially constructed altars, fetishes, and prayer bundles. He does touch a little on Zia cosmology and religious beliefs.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Acculturation and culture contact
- Dance
- Visual arts
- Sodalities
- Local officials
- Shamans and psychotherapists
- Spirits and gods
- Sacred objects and places
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Zia Pueblo
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2004
- 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.
- 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
- Ian Skoggard ; 2002
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1928-1957
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1583-1957
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Zia, New Mexico, United States
- NotesAdditional notes
- Leslie A. White
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [328]-335)
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 63060381
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Sia Indians