Book
The change of officials in Tzo?ontahal, Chiapas, Mexico: an analysis of behavior as a key to structure and process
Tulane University • New Orleans, La. • Published In 1970 • Pages: 209-248
By: Nash, June C..
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This monograph presents a structural-functional analysis of Tzeltal behavior based on the rituals of the inauguration of civil and religious officials in the community of Tzo?ontahal, Chiapas, Mexico. Much of the data presented in this work was gathered by the author by questioning of natives using both an informal, unstructured technique of interviewing and that of formal analysis. Data gathering was supplemented by the author's observations of the inauguration ceremonies. The first section of the monograph is concerned with the cognitive frame of reference in terms of roles and relationships in the civil and religious hierarchies. Section 2 deals with the actual behavior of civil and religious officials during the inauguration ceremonies. In section 3, divergences between data elicited from informants and that obtained by the author's observations are analyzed in terms of their significance for social change. The final section and the three appendices, summarize the data in terms of structural-functional explanations and their implications for social change.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Community structure
- Congregations
- 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.
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- John Beierle
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1964
- 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)
- municipio of Amatenango del Valle, community of Tzo?ontahal, Chiapas, Mexico
- NotesAdditional notes
- [by] June C. Nash
- Bibliography: p. 247-248
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Tzeltal Indians