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African political models in the American Southwest: Hopi as an internal frontier society

American anthropologist94 (2) • Published In 1992 • Pages: 376-397

By: Schlegel, Alice.

Abstract
According to Schlegel "most ethnological and archeological analyses of Pueblo social organization derive its particular character from the need to adopt to an arid environment. This article challenges an ecological interprettion (without dismissing ecological constraints), finding similarities between the organization of one Pueblo society, the Hopi, and features of what Kopyoff calls 'internal frontier societies' in Africa. Hopi political and ceremonial organization is viewed as responding to 'internal frontier' migration" (p. 376).
Subjects
Theoretical orientation in research and its results
Comparative evidence
Status, role, and prestige
Sodalities
Lineages
Clans
Phratries
culture
Hopi
HRAF PubDate
2000
Region
North America
Sub Region
Southwest and Basin
Document Type
article
Evaluation
Creator Type
Ethnologist
Document Rating
5: Excellent Primary Data
Analyst
John Beierle; 1999
Field Date
no date
Coverage Date
early - mid nineteenth century
Coverage Place
Hopi pueblos, Second and Third Mesas, northeastern Arizona, United States
Notes
Alice Schlegel
Includes bibliographical references (p. 395-397)
LCCN
17015424
LCSH
Hopi Indians