Crow-Omaha : new light on a classic problem of kinship analysis / Thomas R. Trautmann and Peter M. Whiteley, editors.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Trautmann, Thomas R.

Whiteley, Peter M.

Series:

Amerind studies in archaeology

Amerind studies in anthropology

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Crow Indians--Kinship.

Crow Indians.

Omaha Indians--Kinship.

Omaha Indians.

Crow Indians--Social networks.

Social networks.

Omaha Indians--Social networks.

Kinship--Great Plains--History.

Kinship.

Social structure--Great Plains--History.

Social structure.

Social evolution--Great Plains--History.

Social evolution.

History.

Great Plains.

Physical Description:

x, 348 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Tucson : University of Arizona Press, [2012]

Contents:

1 A Classic Problem / Thomas R. Trautmann Trautmann, Thomas R., Peter M. Whiteley Whiteley, Peter M. 1

Crow-Omaha in Theory

2 Crossness and Crow-Omaha / Thomas R. Trautmann Trautmann, Thomas R. 31

3 Tetradic Theory and Omaha Systems / Nicholas J. Allen Allen, Nicholas J. 51

North America

4 Omaha and "Omaha" / R. H. Barnes Barnes, R. H. 69

5 Crow-Omaha Kinship in North America: A Puebloan Perspective / Peter M. Whiteley Whiteley, Peter M. 83

6 Phylogenetic Analysis of Sociocultural Data: Identifying Transformation Vectors for Kinship Systems / Ward C. Wheeler Wheeler, Ward C., Peter M. Whiteley Whiteley, Peter M., Theodore Powers Powers, Theodore 109

Africa

7 A Tetradic Starting Point for Skewing? Marriage as a Generational Contract: Reflections on Sister-Exchange in Africa / Wendy James James, Wendy 135

8 Crow- (and Omaha-) Type Kinship Terminology: The Fanti Case / David B. Kronenfeld Kronenfeld, David B. 153

9 Deep-Time Historical Contexts of Crow and Omaha Systems: Perspectives from Africa / Christopher Ehret Ehret, Christopher 173

South America

10 The Making and Unmaking of "Crow-Omaha" Kinship in Central Brazilian Ethnology) / Marcela Coelho de Souza Souza, Marcela Coelho de 205

11 Schemas of Kinship Relations and the Construction of Social Categories among the Mebêngôkrê Kayapó / Terence Turner Turner, Terence 223

Australia

12 Omaha Skewing in Australia: Overlays, Dynamism, and Change / Patrick McConvell McConvell, Patrick 243

13 "Horizontal" and "Vertical" Skewing: Similar Objectives, Two Solutions? / Laurent Dousset Dousset, Laurent 261

Afterword

14 Crow-Omaha, in Thickness and in Thin / Thomas R. Trautmann Trautmann, Thomas R., Peter M. Whiteley Whiteley, Peter M. 281.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [309]-334) and indexes.

ISBN:

9780816507900

0816507902

OCLC:

778314762