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African political models in the American Southwest: Hopi as an internal frontier society
American anthropologist • 94 (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).
- 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