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The Maricopa: customs, arts and beliefs
North American Indian; being a series of volumes picturing and describing the Indians of the United States, and Alaska, written, illustrated, and published by Edward S. Curtis • Seattle, Wash. • Published In 1908 • Pages: 1-7 [Original pagination: 81-87 ]
By: Curtis, Edward S..
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This source provides a broad picture of Maricopa culture, with particular emphasis on relations with and borrowings from neighboring tribes. It also contains information on foods, alcoholic beverages, marriage and funeral customs, pottery types, and religion, concluding with a creation myth.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Cultural identity and pride
- Community structure
- Inter-community relations
- Inter-ethnic relations
- Historical reconstruction
- Comparative evidence
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Maricopa
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2015
- 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
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- John Beierle ; 1961
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1906-1907
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1900-1908
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Gila River and Salt River Reservations, Maricopa and Pinal counties, Arizona, United States
- NotesAdditional notes
- Edward S. Curtis
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 08002173
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Maricopa Indians