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Campa organization 1
Author(s) -
WEISS GERALD
Publication year - 1974
Publication title -
american ethnologist
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.875
H-Index - 78
eISSN - 1548-1425
pISSN - 0094-0496
DOI - 10.1525/ae.1974.1.2.02a00110
Subject(s) - completeness (order theory) , intelligibility (philosophy) , test (biology) , sociology , mathematics , philosophy , epistemology , biology , ecology , mathematical analysis
The cultural system of the River Campa of eastern Peru provides the material for an empirical test of a new approach to the understanding of cultural organization. Using the criteria of completeness and intelligibility, the test appears to be successful and is recommended for general use.