essay

Pima and Papago social organization

Handbook of North American Indians. Southwest10Published In 1983 • Pages: 178-192

By: Bahr, Donald M..

AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This is a brief culture summary of O'Odham (Papago) ethnography from about the mid-nineteenth century to approximately the 1970s. Major topics discussed in this article include house and public building construction, settlement patterns, family and household, residence and inheritance, local groups, public offices, basketry, shamanism, regional bands, clans and moieties, subsistence, and exchange transactions (mostly in terms of gift exchange).
SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
Settlement patterns
Water supply
Dwellings
Public structures
Household
Tillage
Community heads
Mats and basketry
Shamans and psychotherapists
Burden carrying
Gift giving
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
5: Excellent Primary 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
1850-1970
Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
Southern Arizona, United States: Northern Sonora, Mexico
NotesAdditional notes
Donald M. Bahr
Stock number: 047-000-00361-0
LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
77017162
LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
Tohono O'odham Indians