Culture Summary
essay 2020 Lorenz, Karl G. (Karl Gregory)

NatchezNorth America > Eastern Woodlands
This is a culture summary of the Natchez. Information is presented on major aspects of Natchez culture....

The Natchez of southwest Mississippi
essay 2000 Lorenz, Karl G. (Karl Gregory)

NatchezNorth America > Eastern Woodlands
This introduction to the Natchez focuses on the archaeology of the Late Prehistoric (1200 AD- 1550 AD), Protohistoric (1550 AD-1680 AD) and Historic (1680 AD-1730 AD) periods, with particular attention to the descent system and sociopolitical organiz...

A re-examination of Natchez sociopolitical complexity
article 1997 Lorenz, Karl G. (Karl Gregory)

NatchezNorth America > Eastern Woodlands
This study tries to square the historical and archaeological data on the Natchez, focusing on sociopolitical organization and settlement hierarchy. The author concludes that the Natchez were a weak "cycling" chiefdom where the authority of the two pr...

Lamet
Book 1951 Izikowitz, Karl Gustav

RmeetAsia > Southeast Asia
This book focuses is on the organization of rice cultivation, religious practices, resource exchange, and community life. Much of the discussion is devoted to showing the centrality of swidden cultivation, with plots shifting every twelve to fifteen ...

The community house of the Lamet
essay 1985 Izikowitz, Karl Gustav

RmeetAsia > Southeast Asia
Rmeet (Lamet) villages typically include a centrally located communal house in which all men—whether married adults, dependent elders, or young bachelors—are expected to spend a considerable part of their time when not farming. This essay describes t...

Scenographie Lamet
essay 1985 Izikowitz, Karl Gustav

RmeetAsia > Southeast Asia
In this essay the author discusses the architecture and design of Rmeet (Lamet) homes, public houses and overall settlement pattern with respect to agricultural practices, cosmology and social structure, noting how space is used and by whom....

Fastening the soul
essay 1985 Izikowitz, Karl Gustav

RmeetAsia > Southeast Asia
Rmeet (Lamet) religion recognizes several spirits and supernatural beings believed to reside in human body parts, particular locations within villages, certain crops (most notably rice) and animals, and some natural features and entities. This essay ...

Expedition for the exploration of the Xingu in the year 1884
book chapter 1886 Steinen, Karl von den & Schütze, Frieda

BakairiSouth America > Amazon and Orinoco
This document is a detailed travel report of the von den Steinen expedition through the Xingu area of Brazil by canoe from June through October of 1884. During these five months, the expedition visited the villages of at least four different tribes, ...

Among the primitive peoples of Central Brazil
book chapter 1894 Steinen, Karl von den & Schütze, Frieda

BakairiSouth America > Amazon and Orinoco
The principal members of this second von Steinen expedition, in addition to Karl, were his cousin, Wilhelm, an artist, Dr. Paul Ehrenreich, who did photography and anthropometric measurements, and Dr. Peter Vogel, whose interests were geography and g...

The Indian folk societies, tribes and hordes in Brazil and several neighboring districts, land and peoples
book chapter 1867 Martius, Karl Friedrich Phil[ipp] von

MundurucuSouth America > Amazon and Orinoco
This is a brief ethnographic summary of the Mundurucu which has been extracted from a general work on several tribes of Brazil. It includes a few historical notes taken from other sources but is mainly a first-hand account. Some of the topics treated...