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Time, Resources, and Authority in a Navaho Community 1
Author(s) -
REYNOLDS TERRY RAY,
LAMPHERE LOUISE,
COOK CECIL E.
Publication year - 1967
Publication title -
american anthropologist
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.51
H-Index - 85
eISSN - 1548-1433
pISSN - 0002-7294
DOI - 10.1525/aa.1967.69.2.02a00060
Subject(s) - variation (astronomy) , social organization , control (management) , fission , sociology , transmission (telecommunications) , distribution (mathematics) , genealogy , history , anthropology , computer science , management , economics , mathematics , mathematical analysis , physics , astrophysics , telecommunications , quantum mechanics , neutron
Social units in the Rimrock Navaho community are examined to support the thesis that variation in Navaho social organization is part of an integrated system operating in accordance with consistent principles. These units are defined, and it is shown how they are related to one another through processes of formation, growth, and fission. Changes over time in the composition of social units and in their spatial distribution are related to the control and transmission of economic resources. It is suggested that the matrilineal system of the Navaho differs from societies with large, corporate matrilineages.