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Pima and Papago: Introduction
Handbook of North American Indians. Southwest • 10 • Published In 1983 • Pages: 125-136
By: Fontana, Bernard L..
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This is essentially a study of the geography and ecological adaptation of the O'odham (Papago) to their environment in southern Arizona and Sonora Mexico. In addition to a discussion on the origin of the name, the author provides detailed information on the topography, climate, fauna, and flora of the region, and concludes the article with a brief annotated bibliography on the O'odham people.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Identification
- Geography
- Water supply
- Tillage
- Artifact and archive collections
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- O'odham
- 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; 2010
- 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
- 1690-1980
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Southern Arizona, United States; Sonora, Mexico
- NotesAdditional notes
- Bernard L. Fontana
- Stock number: 047-000-00361-0
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 77017162
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Tohono O'odham Indians