Handbook of the Indians of California

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Handbook of the Indians of California is a landmark ethnographic and anthropological survey of Indigenous peoples in California authored by Alfred L. Kroeber.


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Predicate Object
instanceOf anthropological survey
book
ethnographic survey
academicField Native American studies
cultural anthropology
associatedWith University of California anthropological tradition
author Alfred L. Kroeber
citedIn anthropological literature on Native Californians
countryOfFocus United States of America
describedBySource Bureau of American Ethnology publications
describes geographical distribution of California tribes
linguistic classification of California Indians
traditional lifeways of California Indians
tribal groups of California
discipline anthropology
ethnography
ethnology
focusesOn California Indian cultures
California Indian languages
California Indian material culture
California Indian mythology
California Indian religion
California Indian social organization
California Indian subsistence patterns
genre non-fiction
hasContributor Alfred L. Kroeber
hasNotableAuthor Alfred L. Kroeber
hasReputation classic of American anthropology
landmark work in California ethnography
influenced North American ethnography
later studies of California Indians
intendedAudience historians of Native America
scholars
students of anthropology
language English
mainSubject Indigenous peoples of California
Native American cultures
placeOfFocus California, United States
publicationSeries Bureau of American Ethnology Bulletin
publishedBy Smithsonian Institution
publisher Bureau of American Ethnology
regionOfFocus California
timePeriodDescribed 19th century California
early 20th century California
pre-contact era in California
title Handbook of the Indians of California
usedAs reference work on California Indians
workType scholarly monograph

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Alfred L. Kroeber
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Handbook of the Indians of California
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