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Interpretations of Pueblo Indian Culture by Laura Thompson, Esther Goldfrank, Dorothy Eggan, and Others
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Interpretations of Pueblo Indian Culture by Laura Thompson, Esther Goldfrank, Dorothy Eggan, and Others
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ABSTRACT
This chapter discusses a controversy over somewhat different issues and having significance for broader problems. Pueblo culture and society are integrated to an unusual degree, all sectors being bound together by a consistent, harmonious set of values, which pervade and homogenize the categories of world view, ritual, art, social organization, economic activity, and social control. The Pueblo show us that considerable social order can be achieved through the strong channelization of behavior, and in the presence of a small population, but they also show us that this is achieved with the aid of a system of outlets for behavioral tendencies which are short-circuited in the process. Studies of Pueblo Indians to date were reviewed by Edward Dozier in 1964 who noted that the original focus was depictive ethnography and a strong interest in historical origins; relations with nomadic Southwestern groups like the Navaho; and Pueblo kinship patterns.