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Mobile agriculturalists and the emergence of sedentism: perspectives from northern Mexico
American anthropologist • 94 (3) • Published In 1992 • Pages: 601-620
By: Hard, Robert J., Merrill, William L..
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
Hard and Merrill examine factors affecting residential mobility among a Raramuri (Tarahumara) community in Chihuahua, Mexico. These residentially mobile agriculturalists move from their principal residences to growing-season residences associated with distant fields, to winter locations, and to a ceremonial center. The authors discuss the data collected in relation to theoretical models which explain sedentism as a result of a shift in economic patterns from hunting and gathering to agriculture.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Travel
- Tillage
- Settlement patterns
- Annual cycle
- Dwellings
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Tarahumara
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 1997
- RegionThe area the document pertains to
- Middle America and the Caribbean
- Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
- Northern Mexico
- 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
- Ronald N. Johnson ; 1996
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1977-1989
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1977-1983
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Rejogochi, Chihuahua, Mexico
- NotesAdditional notes
- Robert J. Hard, William L. Merrill
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 617-620)
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 17015424
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Tarahumara Indians