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The social organization of the Tewa of New MexicoBook 1929 • Parsons, Elsie Worthington Clews
Tewa Pueblos • North America > Southwest and Basin
This monograph, written by a well-known professional anthropologist, is a study of Tewa social structure, ceremonial organization, rituals, and supernatural beings, as observed by the author in the communities of San Juan, Santa Clara, San Ildefonso,...Mothers and children at Zuñi, New Mexicoarticle 1919 • Parsons, Elsie Worthington Clews
Zuni • North America > Southwest and Basin
This document is a brief exposition of the beliefs concerning mothers and children at Zuni. The study covers pregnancy and birth and methods of insuring the health and successful growth of the child....Zuñi conception and pregnancy beliefsessay 1917 • Parsons, Elsie Worthington Clews
Zuni • North America > Southwest and Basin
This article describes briefly some of the beliefs of the Zuni concerning conception, pregnancy and birth. It supplements the material found in 8: Parsons, this file....Mitla, town of the souls and other Zapoteco-speaking pueblos of Oaxaca, MexicoBook 1970 • Parsons, Elsie Worthington Clews
Zapotec • Middle America and the Caribbean > Central Mexico
This document is a rich description of Zapotec lifeways, abundantly annotated with comparative material on non-Zapotec peoples. Category 171 was used for the latter material, including information the Aztecs, which is presented more as distributional...Peguche, canton of Otavalo, province of Imbaburabook chapter 1945 • Parsons, Elsie Worthington Clews
Otavalo Quichua • South America > Central Andes
This work, written by a well-known ethnologist, presents a detailed study of the Ecuadorian Highland Indians living in the village of Peguche, Otavalo Canton, Imbabura Province. Much of this information was obtained by the author through her principa...Hopi journal of Alexander M. StephenBook 1969 • Stephen, Alexander MacGregor, -1894 & Parsons, Elsie Worthington Clews
Hopi • North America > Southwest and Basin
This source consists of the published version of the notebooks of Stephen's systematic observations of Hopi ceremonial activities during the 1880s and 1890s. The introduction to the source by editor Parsons provides background on Stephen's work among...Hopi journal of Alexander M. Stephenbook chapter 1936 • Stephen, Alexander M., d. 1894 & Parsons, Elsie Worthington Clews
Navajo • North America > Southwest and Basin
The main contribution of this book to the Navajo file is the account of early Navajo-Hopi contact. Only passages dealing with Navajo have been excerpted....