The Ethnogeography of the Tewa Indians

Harrington JP. 1916. The Ethnogeography of the Tewa Indians. In Author unknown. 29th Annual Report of the Bureau of American Ethnology - 1907-1908. United States Government Printing Office. Washington, DC

This is a report on the ethnogeography of the Tewa Indians of the middle Rio Grande Valley, NM. Tewan words for cosmological, meteorological, temporal, and geographical features are described in terms of their etymology and relation to Tewan life and religion. Names of places are the bulk of this work, and most are mapped. Many place-names relate information on climate, minerals, and animals.

Type
Book Chapter
Authors
Harrington, John
Units
BAND
Keywords
Animals, Archaeology, Climate, Geography, Jemez Mountains NM, Minerals, Physical Sciences

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