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The dynamics of the domestic group in two Tzeltal villages: a contrastive comparison
University of Chicago Library • (9048) • Published In 1962 • Pages: 7, 223 leaves
By: Hunt, Muriel Eva Verbitsky.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This dissertation is based upon Hunt's field work in the two Tzeltal communities of Aguacatenango and Amatenango, and upon analysis of several primary sources on this ethnic group. Differences in the social grouping of the two communities, especially as far as the household is concerned, are to a high degree due to the different roles of women as contributors to the income. In Aguacatenango the economy is based upon agriculture, which is a male activity. In this village viri-patrilocal residence is a predominant feature. In Amatenango, ceramic manufacture, which is a female activity, is the main source of income. Here incidences of uxori-matrilocal residences are by far higher than in Aguacatenango.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Household
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Tzeltal
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 1995
- 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
- Maya Area
- 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
- Sigrid Khera ; John Beierle
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1958
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- not specified
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- villages of Aguacatenango and Amatenango in the southern Tzeltal area, Chiapas, Mexico
- NotesAdditional notes
- [by] Muriel Eva Verbitsky
- Thesis (Ph.D.) -- University of Chicago, 1962
- Bibliography: p. 215-223
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Tzeltal Indians