essay
Status distinctions reflected in Chumash mortuary populations in the Santa Monica Mountains region
essays on the prehistory of maritime california • Davis, Calif. • Published In 1992 • Pages: 145-156
By: Martz, Patricia.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
Martz looks at five cemeteries in the Santa Monica Mountains. The cemeteries range in time from a pre-Chumash cemetery at Trancas Canyon to a Chumash cemetery in use during Spanish conquest and the Mission Period. This last cemetery shows acculturation by a “hold-out” population after European contact. She notes important sociopolitical changes during this time period, such as children and infants buried with artifacts that indicate political and ritual affiliation increase and that there was an overlapping of political, ritual, and economic roles. Her analysis supports the conclusion that the Chumash organized at the chiefdom level of social complexity, albeit at the lower end.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Identification
- Maps
- Theoretical orientation in research and its results
- Sociocultural trends
- Status, role, and prestige
- Community heads
- Burial practices and funerals
- traditionCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Late Southern California
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2000
- RegionThe area the document pertains to
- North America
- Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
- Northwest Coast and California
- Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
- essay
- Evaluation
- Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Archaeologist
- Document Rating 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.
- 4: Excellent Secondary Data
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- Sarah Berry ; 1999
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- no date
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 2400 BP - 175 BP (400 B.C. - 1825 A.D.)
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Chumash; Santa Monica Mountains, Calif., United States
- NotesAdditional notes
- Patricia Martz
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 154-156)
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- California--Antiquities