1st Edition

The Keresan Bridge A Problem in Pueblo Ethnology

By Robin Fox Copyright 1967
208 Pages
by Routledge

230 Pages
by Routledge

208 Pages
by Routledge

This is an unusual excursion into American Indian culture history by a British social anthropologist. It examines theories of the development of different Pueblo social structures, with particular attention to Eggan. From a detailed re-analysis of the evidence and a consideration of material from the Eastern Keresan Pueblo of Cochiti, based on his own fieldwork, Dr Fox concludes that the theory... Read more
PART I. THE PUEBLOS 1. THE KERESAN BRIDGE 3 2. THE THEORIES 23 PART II. COCHITI 3. SOCIAL STRUCTURE 5I 4. KINSHIP STRUCTURE 70 5. GENEALOGICAL EVIDENCE 89 6. DISCUSSION 119 7. KINSHIP TERMS: (I) MEANINGS 136 8. KINSHIP TERMS: (2) HISTORY I65 CONCLUSION 186 APPENDIX: THE TOWA PUEBLO OF JEMEZ 200 LIST OF WORKS CITED 205INDEX 211

Biography

Robin Fox, formerly a lecturer at the London School of Economics, just been appointed Professor of Anthrology at Rutgers University.