Melburn D Thurman
Datos Biográficos
| ID | 213423 |
|---|---|
| NOMBRE | Melburn D Thurman |
| NOMBRES | Melburn D |
| APELLIDO | Thurman |
| FIRMA | THURMAN M D |
| AFILIACIONES | Princeton University |
| VERIFICADO | No |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 22 |
| TOTAL DE CITAS | 24 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 22 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMER AÑO DE PUBLICACIÓN | 1970 |
| AÑO MÁS RECIENTE DE PUBLICACIÓN | 1998 |
| ÍNDICE H | 3 |
Conversations with Lewis R. Binford on historical archaeology
On The Identity Of The Chariticas [Sarh Rikka]
Examination of the documents using the tenn “Dog Eater” (Charitica, phonetically /Sam rikka/) suggests that, contrary to the accepted view, the name was not restricted to the Arapahos, but included some Athapaskan as well. This suggests that the tenn Chariticas was, at first, a general one applied by Shoshone an speakers, when beginning their dispersal onto the Plains, to people of “Plains-like” adaptation (i.e., adaptation[s] different than that…
The little Missouri river
Changes in the application of the name “Little Missouri” have confused a number of authors utilizing locational data to elucidate Plains Indian history. Here the historic changes in the application of the name are outlined. New light is thrown on the name and on pre-Lewis and Clark geographical conceptions of the Missouri River, especially in the relationship of Bourgmont’s 1714 “Description” of the Missouri to Miró’s 1785 “Description”, and the …
Recent Distortions of Ethnohistorical and Archaeological Data for the Arikaras and General Plains
Orser's (1983) paper on Arikara mortuary procedures, in which he has used unsound ethnohistorical research to buttress shaky archaeological conclusions, betrays a general misunderstanding of ethnohistorical data. This article, which concerns itself with the interrelationships of archaeological and ethnohistorical data, reexamines Orser's analysis of Mackay's notes on Indians: 1) suggests that these notes (which Orser could only bracket to 1799–18…
On a New Interpretation of Comanche Social Organization
Blue Color and “Shawnee Cloth”
It is suggested that blue cloth was the preferred color of trade cloth among the Shawnees about 1800 to 1850, during their settling of the trans-Mississippi west. If this was the case, it is an example of a localized component of a horizon style. The employment of archaeological systematics seems to be fruitful lor material culture studies, regardless of the kinds of data involved. A plea for a critical approach to the pictorial record is also ma…
Covering The Dead” And Arikara Mortuary Practices
(1984). “Covering The Dead” And Arikara Mortuary Practices. Plains Anthropologist: Vol. 29, No. 103, pp. 61-63
The Shawnee Prophet's Movement and the Origins of the Prophet Dance
The Timing of the Skidi-Pawnee Morning Star Sacrafice
The Skidi Morning Sacrifice, previously assumed to have been of sporadic occurance, is shown to have been regularly determined by number of factors. Recognition of these regularities, following from astronomical data, sheds new light on Skidi symbolism and clarifies chronology of reported pre-1827 ceremonies. This study suggests that similar analysis of other sets of dated events might yield information not otherwise obtainable. The Morning Sacri…
A Replicative Cremation Experiment
Cremation can be carried out on dry bone, green (or recently defleshed) bone, or bone in the flesh. Previous experimenters in cremation replication (Baby, 1954; Binford, 1963) argued that dry bone cremation can be readily differentiated from green bone and in-flesh cremations, but did not provide criteria for differentiating creamation of green bone from in-flesh cremation. This paper, based on the cremation of four green humeri and four fleshed …
Plains Indian Winter Counts and the New Ethnohistory
A propos du regain d'interet de l'ethnohistoire pour les comptages d'hiver des Indiens des Plaines et les problemes methodologiques poses par leur analyse
Nelson Lee and the Green Corn Dance
This paper shows that Wallace and Hoebelˊ s erroneous report of a Comanche Green Corn Dance resulted from misuse of source material. Consideration of their methodology suggests that critical reanalysis of the corpus of Comanche ethnohistoric sources might be fruitful
A New Interpretation of Comanche Social Organization
Archaeology
Resurrecting a Book from Limbo
On Cultural Resource Management
Ethnology
Field Methods and Laboratory Techniques
"Supplementary Material on the Life of John Wilson, "The Revealer of Peyote
This paper provides new data on the life of John Wilson (ca. 1845-1901), an enrolled Caddo of mixed descent, who made innovations in peyote ritual (called the Wilson Big Moon) which were adopted by several Indian groups of non-plains origin. Although the beginnings of Caddo peyotism have been dated to 1880 or 1885, the spread of the Wilson Big Moon probably post-dated Wilson's involvement in the Ghost Dance, which continued at least until 1893. A…
Smoking Technology of the Aborigines of the Iroquois Area of New York State
A Case of Historical Mythology
Repetition as a substitute for analysis has often resulted in the perpetuation of error. Here the literature of one such myth is traced, and the myth (that there was an attempted Morning Star Sacrifice in 1833) exposed
General and Ethnology
A Replicative Cremation Experiment
Cremation can be carried out on dry bone, green (or recently defleshed) bone, or bone in the flesh. Previous experimenters in cremation replication (Baby, 1954; Binford, 1963) argued that dry bone cremation can be readily differentiated from green bone and in-flesh cremations, but did not provide criteria for differentiating creamation of green bone from in-flesh cremation. This paper, based on the cremation of four green humeri and four fleshed …
Conversations with Lewis R. Binford on historical archaeology
Covering The Dead” And Arikara Mortuary Practices
(1984). “Covering The Dead” And Arikara Mortuary Practices. Plains Anthropologist: Vol. 29, No. 103, pp. 61-63
The Shawnee Prophet's Movement and the Origins of the Prophet Dance
The Timing of the Skidi-Pawnee Morning Star Sacrafice
The Skidi Morning Sacrifice, previously assumed to have been of sporadic occurance, is shown to have been regularly determined by number of factors. Recognition of these regularities, following from astronomical data, sheds new light on Skidi symbolism and clarifies chronology of reported pre-1827 ceremonies. This study suggests that similar analysis of other sets of dated events might yield information not otherwise obtainable. The Morning Sacri…
Plains Indian Winter Counts and the New Ethnohistory
A propos du regain d'interet de l'ethnohistoire pour les comptages d'hiver des Indiens des Plaines et les problemes methodologiques poses par leur analyse
On The Identity Of The Chariticas [Sarh Rikka]
Examination of the documents using the tenn “Dog Eater” (Charitica, phonetically /Sam rikka/) suggests that, contrary to the accepted view, the name was not restricted to the Arapahos, but included some Athapaskan as well. This suggests that the tenn Chariticas was, at first, a general one applied by Shoshone an speakers, when beginning their dispersal onto the Plains, to people of “Plains-like” adaptation (i.e., adaptation[s] different than that…
The little Missouri river
Changes in the application of the name “Little Missouri” have confused a number of authors utilizing locational data to elucidate Plains Indian history. Here the historic changes in the application of the name are outlined. New light is thrown on the name and on pre-Lewis and Clark geographical conceptions of the Missouri River, especially in the relationship of Bourgmont’s 1714 “Description” of the Missouri to Miró’s 1785 “Description”, and the …
Nelson Lee and the Green Corn Dance
This paper shows that Wallace and Hoebelˊ s erroneous report of a Comanche Green Corn Dance resulted from misuse of source material. Consideration of their methodology suggests that critical reanalysis of the corpus of Comanche ethnohistoric sources might be fruitful
On Cultural Resource Management
A Case of Historical Mythology
Repetition as a substitute for analysis has often resulted in the perpetuation of error. Here the literature of one such myth is traced, and the myth (that there was an attempted Morning Star Sacrifice in 1833) exposed
General and Ethnology
"Supplementary Material on the Life of John Wilson, "The Revealer of Peyote
This paper provides new data on the life of John Wilson (ca. 1845-1901), an enrolled Caddo of mixed descent, who made innovations in peyote ritual (called the Wilson Big Moon) which were adopted by several Indian groups of non-plains origin. Although the beginnings of Caddo peyotism have been dated to 1880 or 1885, the spread of the Wilson Big Moon probably post-dated Wilson's involvement in the Ghost Dance, which continued at least until 1893. A…
Smoking Technology of the Aborigines of the Iroquois Area of New York State
Field Methods and Laboratory Techniques
Ethnology
Archaeology
Resurrecting a Book from Limbo
On Cultural Resource Management
A Replicative Cremation Experiment
Cremation can be carried out on dry bone, green (or recently defleshed) bone, or bone in the flesh. Previous experimenters in cremation replication (Baby, 1954; Binford, 1963) argued that dry bone cremation can be readily differentiated from green bone and in-flesh cremations, but did not provide criteria for differentiating creamation of green bone from in-flesh cremation. This paper, based on the cremation of four green humeri and four fleshed …
Plains Indian Winter Counts and the New Ethnohistory
A propos du regain d'interet de l'ethnohistoire pour les comptages d'hiver des Indiens des Plaines et les problemes methodologiques poses par leur analyse
Nelson Lee and the Green Corn Dance
This paper shows that Wallace and Hoebelˊ s erroneous report of a Comanche Green Corn Dance resulted from misuse of source material. Consideration of their methodology suggests that critical reanalysis of the corpus of Comanche ethnohistoric sources might be fruitful
A New Interpretation of Comanche Social Organization
The Timing of the Skidi-Pawnee Morning Star Sacrafice
The Skidi Morning Sacrifice, previously assumed to have been of sporadic occurance, is shown to have been regularly determined by number of factors. Recognition of these regularities, following from astronomical data, sheds new light on Skidi symbolism and clarifies chronology of reported pre-1827 ceremonies. This study suggests that similar analysis of other sets of dated events might yield information not otherwise obtainable. The Morning Sacri…
Covering The Dead” And Arikara Mortuary Practices
(1984). “Covering The Dead” And Arikara Mortuary Practices. Plains Anthropologist: Vol. 29, No. 103, pp. 61-63
The Shawnee Prophet's Movement and the Origins of the Prophet Dance
Blue Color and “Shawnee Cloth”
It is suggested that blue cloth was the preferred color of trade cloth among the Shawnees about 1800 to 1850, during their settling of the trans-Mississippi west. If this was the case, it is an example of a localized component of a horizon style. The employment of archaeological systematics seems to be fruitful lor material culture studies, regardless of the kinds of data involved. A plea for a critical approach to the pictorial record is also ma…
Recent Distortions of Ethnohistorical and Archaeological Data for the Arikaras and General Plains
Orser's (1983) paper on Arikara mortuary procedures, in which he has used unsound ethnohistorical research to buttress shaky archaeological conclusions, betrays a general misunderstanding of ethnohistorical data. This article, which concerns itself with the interrelationships of archaeological and ethnohistorical data, reexamines Orser's analysis of Mackay's notes on Indians: 1) suggests that these notes (which Orser could only bracket to 1799–18…
On a New Interpretation of Comanche Social Organization
On The Identity Of The Chariticas [Sarh Rikka]
Examination of the documents using the tenn “Dog Eater” (Charitica, phonetically /Sam rikka/) suggests that, contrary to the accepted view, the name was not restricted to the Arapahos, but included some Athapaskan as well. This suggests that the tenn Chariticas was, at first, a general one applied by Shoshone an speakers, when beginning their dispersal onto the Plains, to people of “Plains-like” adaptation (i.e., adaptation[s] different than that…
The little Missouri river
Changes in the application of the name “Little Missouri” have confused a number of authors utilizing locational data to elucidate Plains Indian history. Here the historic changes in the application of the name are outlined. New light is thrown on the name and on pre-Lewis and Clark geographical conceptions of the Missouri River, especially in the relationship of Bourgmont’s 1714 “Description” of the Missouri to Miró’s 1785 “Description”, and the …
Conversations with Lewis R. Binford on historical archaeology
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