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Author: Author's name as listed in Library of Congress records
Gayton, A. H. (Anna Hadwick), 1899-
Title:
Yokuts and western Mono ethnography: vol. 1, Tulare Lake,
Southern Valley, and Central Foothill Yokuts
Published By: Original publisher
Berkeley: Univ. of California Press. 1948. viii, 1-253,
291-301 p. ill.
By line: Author's name as appearing in the actual publication
By A. H. Gayton
HRAF Publication Information: New Haven, Conn.:
Human Relations Area Files, 2002. Computer File
Culture: Culture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC) with the alphanumberic OWC identifier in parenthesis.
Yokuts (NS29)
Subjects: Document-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
Abstract: Brief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This document was compiled during field trips made during
the years 1925-1930, as well as from the field notes of Mrs. A. Rogers (in reference to the
Chukchansi), and other published materials on the Yokuts and Western Mono. The material is
well organized and precise in its presentation of Yokut and Western Mono ethnography. A
major point of emphasis in this document is on special ceremonies, shamans, curing and the
obtaining of shamanistic powers.
Document Number: HRAF's in-house numbering system derived from the processing order of documents
1
Document ID: HRAF's unique document identifier. The first part is the OWC identifier and the second part is the document number in three digits.
ns29-001
Document Type: May include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs or chapters/parts of monographs.
Component part(s), monograph
Language: Language that the document is written in
English
Note:
Includes bibliographical references (p. 291) Omitted
from the Files: pages 254-290, dealing with Western Mono Data on the Mourning Ceremony have
been indexed for Organized Ceremonials (796).
Field Date: The date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
1925-1930
Evaluation: In this alphanumeric code, the first part designates the type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigene, and so on. The second part is a ranking done by HRAF anthropologists based on the strength of the source material on a scale of 1 to 5, as follows: 1 - poor; 2 - fair; 3 - good, useful data, but not uniformly excellent; 4 - excellent secondary data; 5 - excellent primary data
Ethnologist-5
Analyst: The HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection.
John Beierle ; 1959
Coverage Date: The date or dates that the information in the document pertains to (often not the same as the field date).
late nineteenth century - 1930
Coverage Place: Location of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
California, United States
LCSH: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Yokuts Indians
