Culture Change and Shifting Populations in Central Northern Mexico / William B. Griffen.

• VerfasserIn: Griffen, William B.,
• Place / Publishing House: Tucson : : University of Arizona Press,, 1969 [i.e. 1970]; ©1969 [i.e. 1970]
• Year of Publication: 1970
• Edition: 1st ed.
• Language: English
• Series: Anthropological Papers
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (209 pages)

Historical investigation of culture contact between raiding aboriginal Indian groups and Spanish colonists. Significant insights concerning conflicting concepts of ownership and property.

Table of Contents

• Intro
• Contents
• Preface
• Abstract
• 1. Introduction
• 2. Spanish-Indian Contact History: From the Founding of Parras to the Mid-Eighteenth Century
• The Parras Missions and Early Bolsón History
• The 1644 Revolt
• The 1650s
• From 1660 to 1690
• The 1690s
• The Early Eighteenth Century
• The Major Deportations
• Extinction of the Aborigines and Arrival of the Apaches
• 3. Tribal and Band History and General Distribution
• 4. General Ethnography
• Material Culture
• Dress and Decoration
• Miscellaneous Material Items
• Dwellings
• Weapons
• Stolen and Traded Goods
• Subsistence
• Gathering
• Agriculture
• Hunting
• Horses
• General Social Organization
• Bands
• Marriage
• Chieftains
• Warfare
• Religious and Ceremonial Life
• Dances
• War Ceremonies
• Petroglyphs
• Other Ceremonies
• Shamans, Curing, and Supernatural Power
• Death and Burial
• Other Beliefs and Customs
• Games
• Counting
• Language
• 5. Summary of Band Distribution and History
• 6. Greater Bolsón Culture Change: Analysis and Interpretation
• 7. Summary and Conclusions
• Appendix 1. Tribal and Band Groups
• Band and Group Names
• Appendix 2. Hints on Band Composition from the Parras Archives
• Appendix 3. Ethnic Composition of the Cabeza "Nation" at Parras, 1693-1722
• Appendix 4. The Marin 1693 Report of Neuva Vizcaya Indians and Comparison with Retana's 1693 List
• Appendix 5. Chiefs' Names
• Bibliography.