Old Oraibi
Subtitle: a study of the Hopi Indians of Third Mesa
By: by Mischa Titiev
Series: Papers of the Peabody Museum of American Archaeology and Ethnology, Harvard University -- v. 22, no. 1
Publisher: Published by the Museum
Published: 1944
Place of publication: Cambridge, Mass
Language: eng
Number of pages: 277
Subjects: Hopi Indians; Social life and customs; Religion; Hopi mythology
Other titles: Study of the Hopi Indians of Third Mesa
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [257]-264) and index.
Table of contents: title: The kinship system; title: The reciprocal behavior of kindred; title: Courtship, marriage, and divorce; title: Households, lineages, and the clan-phratry problem; title: The amorphous Hopi state; title: The disintegration of Oraibi; title: Oraibi ethnology and Pueblo archaeology; title: The basic pattern and underlying concepts of Hopi ceremonies; title: The katcina cult; title: Tribal initiation; title: Solstitial and solar ceremonies; title: Customs and rituals relating to war; title: Women's ceremonies; title: The scheme of Hopi ceremonialism; title: The economic background; title: The Pikyas-Patki conflict; title: Adolescence rites for girls; title: A few sex practices; title: The rise of Hote-Villa; title: The ceremonial cycle at Bakavi; title: A Qoqoqlom katcina performance at Oraibi; title: The So'yoko katcina; title: The Oraibi patcava ceremony; title: The Niman katcina dance; title: Masau katcina dance at Hotevilla.