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Ethnographic analogs: strategies for reconstructing archaeological cultures
understanding complexity in the prehistoric southwest • 16 • Published In 1994 • Pages: 233-244
By: Levy, Jerrold E..
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
Levy uses ethnographic analogy to speculate on the social systems of the Hohokam and the Anasazi. Only the data that pertain to the Anasazi were indexed for Outline of Cultural Materials codes.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Theoretical orientation in research and its results
- Comparative evidence
- Kin groups
- Social relationships and groups
- traditionCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Early Anasazi
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2012
- RegionThe area the document pertains to
- North America
- Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
- Southwest and Basin
- 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; 2011
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- not specified
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 800-70 BP (AD 1200-1930)
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Arizona, United States
- NotesAdditional notes
- Jerrold E. Levy
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 242-244)
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 94006317
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Indians of North America--Southwest, New--Antiquities--Computer simulation
- Adaptation (Biology)--Mathematical models
- Archaeology--Southwest, New--Methodology
- Southwest, New--Antiquities