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The Phonology Of Amoy Chinese, Howard S. Maclay

Anthropology ETDs

The language described here is one of the major dialects of Chinese and is spoken in the Fukien province and on the island of Formosa. According to the informant the variety spoken around the of Amoy is regarded as the "purest."

Phonology Of The Naze Dialect Of Ryukyuan, Jean H. Rogers

Anthropology ETDs

The following study is a partial analysis of the phonology of the dialect spoken at Naze, the largest city on the island of Amami O'Shima in the northern Ryukyo Islands. Although it is generally known that Ryukyuan is related to Japanese, no descriptive study, employing modern linguistic methods, has been published for any of the Ryukyuan dialects. The time available for the fieldwork underlying this analysis limited the problem to phonology, and even here, the results are subject to the disadvantages of data which may be incomplete. However, since so little is known of Ryukyuan, even a partial analysis may …

Reflection Of Hopi Culture In Hopi Folk Tales, Constance B. Sears

Anthropology ETDs

It has been well established that the cultural features of a society are reflected in its folk tales. Boas first presented his views on the cultural significance of folk tales in a series of papers on North American Indian mythology (Boas 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8), and he published detailed demonstrations of the possibility of reconstructing the culture of a tribe from its mythology, using Tsimshian (Boas 4) and Kwakiutl (Boas 7) material. His general conclusion is that... in the tales of a people those incidents of everyday life that are of importance to them will appear …

A Psychocultural Study Of Twenty-Eight Ryukyuan Students, Harry L. Naylor

Anthropology ETDs

This study concerns twenty-eight young men from the Ryukyu Islands. Both their homeland and their traditional way of life were disrupted by World War II and its aftermath. Their current modes of adjustment to a new way of life are of interest not only from a psychocultural standpoint, but also because administrative responsibility for the people of the Ryukyu Islands now rests with the United States under the terms of the recent Japanese peace treaty.

Indigenous Philosophy In The Valley Of Mexico, John F. Newcomer

Philosophy ETDs

This study has been undertaken in the hope of helping to open new avenues of research in both philosophy and anthropology, avenues that have heretofore been largely overlooked. It has used as an example the pre-Conquest culture-complex of the Valley of Mexico. It is not intended to be an exhaustive exposition of every aspect of that complex, for that would take it out of the realm of philosophy and too far into that of anthropology. It is rather an examination of the salient features of Aztec culture in a philosophical light. It begins with a discussion of primitive philosophy in …

The Kachina Cult Of The Pueblo Indians, Frank Gibbs Anderson

Anthropology ETDs

In a recently published textbook in general anthropology, the following statement is made: "Religion by its very nature is a conservative institution and changes slowly to meet new demands." This idea that a society, particularly a primitive society, is in general more conservative with regard to the religious aspects of its culture than in any other respect, is of course not a new one. It has received expression by many anthropologists and sociologists, and others, over a period of many years, and its mere reiteration leads us to suspect that it has some validity. As Jacobs and Stern point out, …

An Evaluation Of Economic Factors In Cochiti Pueblo Culture Change, Charles H. Lange

Anthropology ETDs

The fact that constant and continual changes occur in the culture of any society, regardless of time and space considerations, has long been recognized as a fundamental truth by anthropologists. Accepting this dynamic character of culture, the anthropologist asks precisely what has occurred that has caused the culture of any particular society to be as it is at the moment, or as it was found at any specific time in the past. Having learned the cultural situation at a given time and having determined the sequence of events culminating in this situation, the anthropologist has further interests. Why did these …

A Study Of The Origin And Development Of Northwest Coast Dugouts, Donald Robert Mccaul

Anthropology ETDs

It will be the purpose of this paper to examine the factors that have affected the development of a single Northwest Coast culture complex, the dugout canoe. The dugout was chosen because it is an item of material culture, because of its important position in Northwest Coast culture, and because of the light it may case on Asiatic-Northwest Coast culture relationships.

Anthropological Method And Theory In A Study Of Costume, Harvey Cleaver Moore

Anthropology ETDs

The purpose of this dissertation is threefold, With the achieving of the third and major goal dependent upon the achieving of the first and second minor goals.

First is the problem of deciding what methods will be useful in the original study to be undertaken later. Second is the application of these methods to the subject of the original study, namely, the changes in the form of garment parts of the costumes in the eighteenth century French court circles and upperclasses. Third id the problem of examining the sequences of costume forms so determined to see what these sequences imply …

An Anthropological Investigation Of The Correo Snake Pit, Sigfred Sandberg

Anthropology ETDs

During the summer of 1949 the University of New Mexico Field Sessions in Anthropology undertook the excavation of a site located on the Albert Harrington Ranch some thirty miles due west of Albuquerque, New Mexico. Eight under-graduates participated in the work under the supervision of the author, a graduate student in Archaeology. The site was a blown out spring situated near Correo, three and one half miles southwest of the Santa Fe Railway coal and water station in Suwanee. The name "Correo Snake Pit" was assigned to the excavation.

Since this find is probably one of the more important in …

A Comparison Of The Meaning Of Some Current Terms In Anthropology, Harry L. Naylor

Anthropology ETDs

Any science or comparable discipline must, logically and rationally, rest upon a basis of acceptance of the validity of its postulates. Further, in order for the science to advance, there must be a virtual, if not complete acceptance of terminology and the meanings ascribed to the various terms by a significant number of the active workers in the field.

Some German Interpretations Of Neolithic Origins During The Period Of Nazi Influence, Eugene Thomas Frosio

Anthropology ETDs

Many books have been written on the events and trends occurring within Germnay during the 1933-1943 decade. Library shelves fairly groan under their numbers. There has always been a question in my mind, however, as to the trustworthiness of many of these works. It seemed as if they had been written, not with the idea of presenting information, but of working on the emotions of the reading public in this country. If such were the case, it would be quite understandable. Political leaders in other European countries believeing themselves to be in great danger from Germany (before the outbreak of …

The Prehistoric Population And Architecture Of The Cebolleta Mesa Region, Central Western New Mexico, Alfred E. Dittert Jr.

Anthropology ETDs

During the summers of 1947 and 1948, investigations were conducted in the Cebolleta Mesa area, the center of which is located twenty miles south of Grants, New Mexico. A site survey and a series of excavations were conducted around Los Betios Canyon which lies near the southern boundary of the area.

As a result of the investigation, it was determined that the area was occupied by an Anasazi population during recent archaeological times. The sites and pottery reported appear to occupy a time span, in approximate figures, from 800 A.D. to 1400 A.D.

The occupation of the region studied includes …

Problems Arising From The Surface Occurrence Of Archaeological Material In Southeastern Chihuahua, Mexico, Garland J. Marrs

Anthropology ETDs

An examination of the topography represented on five different maps of the state of Chihuahua, Mexico, demonstrated a remarkable degree of uniformity physiographic features in the northeastern part of the state. In the latter instance, at least, one point of agreement concerned the existence of a “Bolson de Mapimi.” While the existence of the feature appeared to be assured, its location varied with the different maps. Not only was the variation north and south, but also east and west, with some maps having the larger extent of the basin in Coahuila while others located the feature almost entirely in Chihuahua.

Western Apache Subsistence Economy, Winfred Buskirk

Anthropology ETDs

The central problem of this thesis is an examination of the factors which influence and, in the past, have shaped the subsistence economy of the Western Apache. Anthropology has always been interested in questions of cultural relationships and contrasts and the process by which the relationships and contrasts are established. This tribe is peculiarly strategic for such a study because of its mixed subsistence pattern, based upon agriculture as well as upon hunting and the gathering of wild food plants. Some groups of Western Apache rely primarily upon agriculture, while others depend more heavily upon hunting and gathering for their …

The Pentecostal Move At Sia Pueblo: Individual Deviation And Group Reintergration As A Result Of Peer Pressure, Jennifer Chatfield

Anthropology ETDs

The present study concerns itself with the attempt of certain persons to live individualistically in contrast to the accepted plan of life in Sia pueblo, and to change portions of their native culture to suit their newly acquired concepts.

The processes of culture change are of fundamental interest to the anthropologists. And as knowledge concerning the processes has increased, interest in them has branched out and new methods of approach to their study have been realized. These methods are not essentially one better than the other, nor even one more fruitful than another, but they vary in the specificity to …

A Study Of Culture Resistance: The Veterans Of World War Ii At Zuni Pueblo, John Joseph Adair

Anthropology ETDs

How does a pueblo resist the values, ideas, and habits of contemporary Western culture which are pressing in on it from all sides? This is the problem in its broadest aspect which will be examined in this dissertation.

Specifically I shall examine the way in which the Zuni veterans of World War II met with a buffer of resistance when they returned to the pueblo from war service, bringing with them non-pueblo values, ideas, and habits which they had acquired while away from home.

A Study Of Pueblo Indian Textile Design Of The Pre-Columbian Period, Maud Gilchrist Summers

Anthropology ETDs

The purpose of this thesis is to describe the origin, theory, operating principles, and design of a unique analog­to-digital voltage conversion network.

A Tentative Description And Classification Of Tewa Verb Structure, Edward Dozier

Anthropology ETDs

This paper presents only a portion of an exhaustive study of the verb structure in process. The purpose here is to illustrate the method of analysis, to describe significant features briefly, and to group Tewa verbs into a few distinctive classes. Tewa verb structures have been analyzed carefully and their basic elements isolated. The most important feature of verb constructions, the verb theme, has been exposed in this manner. In terms of the verb theme Tewa verbs may be divided into several categories which have been illustrated with examples in Chapter V.

Variations Of Two Culture Traits In The Plains Area, Harold Lindsay Amoss

Anthropology ETDs

There are two problems involved in the study of processes of culture change: one, what are the determinants of change, and do they apply universally; two, the utilization of these laws in determining culture history. No attempt will be made in this paper to reconstruct a history of the cultural items, not because there is no historical interest, but because the problem is pointed towards the analysis of some culture processes. The concern here is limited to the study of forms, not functions though the latter may have some significant bearing on these problems. The ultimate aim of anthropology is …

A Study In The Classification, Distribution, And Sequence Of The Archaeological Cultures Of Missouri, Carl Haley Chapman

Anthropology ETDs

The orderly arrangement of the archeological cultures of Missouri, showing areal and temporal relationships, appears to be one of the major problems in that state at the present time. It is proposed to undertake a classification of the known archeological cultures by means of the McKern Taxonomic System, to point out the known distribution of each culture within the state, and to undertake a tentative sequence of the classified cultures by means of evidence found in Missouri and in surrounding areas.

The Social Organization Of The Western Apache, Book Review, Charles Lange Jr.

New Mexico Anthropologist

No abstract provided.

Zuni Pottery Making, Anna Keener Wilton

Anthropology ETDs

This report supplements the writer's mural painted at the Court house in Gallup, New Mexico. Because of its public location, where many persons unacquainted with the Southwest and its people, will undoubtedly view it, this report is intended to aid them to see it as the writer sees and intends it. This does not pretend to be a technical exposition but merely an aid to greater enjoyment through better understanding.

The Big Sandy Site, Henry County, Tennessee, Douglas Osborne

Anthropology ETDs

As the large program of archaeologic exploration undertaken by the University of Tennessee and affiliated government agencies expanded it became apparent that the original system of excavating a basin completely and then, and only then, of publishing a complete report was somewhat slow and unwieldy. This is more than ever true insofar as the Kentucky Basin is concerned. When one considers that the dam at Gilbertsville, Kentuoky, will back water to the Pickwick dam some 180 miles upstream, it becomes obvious that an adequate descriptive compilation of the archaeology of such an unusual area would be most difficult. Therefore it …

A Study Of Zuni Myths As Literature, Elizabeth Jean Lange

Anthropology ETDs

The realm of mythology seems at present to be one of the neglected fields of anthropology. There is an abundance of recorded myths available, which if intensively studied, would indoubtedly reveal much of great interest and real value to the anthropologist. The nature of the work done heretofore has been for the most part comparative, with only a few individuals attempting the detailed study of the folk-lore of a specific people. From time to time it has been pointed out that in mythology there is much of interest tor the student of culture in that through a study of myths, …

The Evans Site: A Contribution To The Archaeology Of The Gallina Region, Northern New Mexico, Charles H. Lange

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The Gallina Region in northern New Mexico is most accurately located by the intersection of 36 degrees 22' North parallel and the 101 degrees 52' West meridian. This is nearly the point at which the Llegua River, coming from the continental Divide about ten miles to the west, flows into the Gallina River (Plate II, a). A circle with this confluence as a center and with a fifteen-mile radius, would include the major portion of the ruins belonging to the Gallina group. Additional sites have been located west of the Divide in the Largo, Companero, Governador (Gobernador) drainages; south in …

A Tri-Lingual Text By Martín Colllió Huaiquillaf, Donald Brand

New Mexico Anthropologist

To anyone who is somewhat acquainted with the southern Athapaskans of the southwestern United States, there are a number of marked historical similarities as well as some cultural resemblances between the southern Athapaskans and the Araucanian peoples. Both the Araucanians and the southern Athapaskans constitute discrete groups within which exist considerable differences of dialect (e. g., Picunche vs. Huilliche, western Navajo vs. Mescalero Apache), habitat (e. g., Navajo in highland steppe and forest vs. San Carlos Apache in lowland desert, Mapuche in humid forest vs. eastern Pehuenche in steppe and desert), native economy (e. g., sedentary agricultural Moluche vs. nomadic …

An Ethnological Study Of Michoacán In The Sixteenth, Seventeenth, Eighteenth Centuries, Carolyn Miles Osborne

Anthropology ETDs

The purpose of this thesis is a study of life in the Michoacán proceeding the conquest and the changes in this life during the sixteenth, seventeenth, and eighteenth centuries due to the rule of the Spaniards. An attempt has been made to define, in the manner of common to acculturation studies, the cultural base upon which the pro-conquest Tarascans lived and to show how that was blended with the European or changed outright by it. The end of the eighteenth century was selected as a stopping place inasmuch as the rebellion which eventually resulted in Moxican freedom from Spain began …

A Wintu' Girls' Puberty Ceremony, D. Demetracopoulo Lee

New Mexico Anthropologist

No abstract provided.

Counting Systems Of North American Indians, Helen F. Stevenson

Anthropology ETDs

The following paper is a study of the numeral systems of North American Indian tribes. Not only the basic systems of counting are considered but, also, the recording devices, the words used for basic numbers with their concrete meanings, "magic" or "pattern" numbers and their relationship, if any, to the system of numeration. Not all of this material is recorded for every tribe; therefore only in so far as material is available is the study complete.

The object of the study is to examine the recorded data on numeration systems and to show the extent of correlation with linguistic and …