Book
The culture and acculturation of the Delaware Indians
University of Michigan • (10) • Published In 1956 • Pages: 141
By: Newcomb, William Wilmon.
Abstract
This source, by a professional anthropologist, is the most thorough survey of Delaware literature available. While the author spent two summers among the modern Delaware, and uses some of the material gathered to show how the culture has changed, most of the material in the book has been gathered from the literature from contact time onward. The author describes the development of Delaware culture from a number of autonomous groups, and reconstructs the culture under the following headings: technology, economics, material culture, life cycle, kin groups, social control, war, religion and magic, and folklore. In addition to this balanced description, the last third of the work deals with the historical changes which occurred in Delaware culture as a result of contact with the whites, and the extent to which acculturation occurred at various time periods up to the present.
- HRAF PubDate
- 2003
- Region
- North America
- Sub Region
- Eastern Woodlands
- Document Type
- Book
- Evaluation
- Creator Type
- Anthropologist
- Document Rating
- 4: Excellent Secondary Data
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- Analyst
- James R. Leary ; 1961
- Field Date
- 1951-1952
- Coverage Date
- ca. 1400 - 1950
- Coverage Place
- eastern Pennsylvania, southeastern New York, northern New Jersey, Oklahoma, United States
- Notes
- by William W. Newcomb, Jr.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 132-141)
- LCCN
- a 56009808
- LCSH
- Delaware Indians