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Culture summary: Yokuts

HRAFNew Haven, Conn.Published In 2002 • Pages:

By: Reid, Gerald F..

AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This is a culture summary of the Yokuts Indians of California.
SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
Identification
Culture summary
cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
Yokuts
HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
2002
RegionThe area the document pertains to
North America
Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
Northwest Coast and California
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.
Ethnographer
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
Marlene Martin ; 2002
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
not applicable
Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
California, United States
NotesAdditional notes
By Gerald F. Reid
This Culture summary is from the article, 'Yokuts', by Gerald F. Reid in the Encyclopedia of World Cultures, Vol. 1, North America, Timothy O' Leary and David Levinson, eds., Boston, Mass.: G. K. Hall & Co., 1991. Population figures were updated by Marlene Martin in 2001
Includes bibliographical references
LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
Yokuts Indians