Overview
This publication presents the first volume (Las Vegas) of the early ethnographic field work of anthropologist Isabel T. Kelly. From 1932 to 1934, Kelly interviewed thirty Southern Paiute people— from southeastern California, southern Nevada, northern Arizona, and southern Utah— about “the old ways.” She filled 31 notebooks, made maps, took photographs, collected nearly 300 ethnobotanical specimens, purchased and shipped over 400 ethnographic artefacts to museums, and traveled more than 7,000 miles. Her notes comprise the most extensive primary ethnographic documentation of Southern Paiute/ Chemehuevi lifeways of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Although Kelly intended to publish these notes, she was unable to do so before her death. Fowler and Garey-Sage have now synthesised the first set of these handwritten field notes and sketches, providing organisation, commentary and illustrations to put them in context for the modern reader. Kelly’s data, most of whichcould not be gathered anew today, are offered here for the use of generations to come.
Full Product Details
Author: Catherine S. Fowler ,
Darla Garey-Sage
Publisher: University of Utah Press,U.S.
Imprint: University of Utah Press,U.S.
Dimensions:
Width: 15.20cm
, Height: 1.50cm
, Length: 22.90cm
Weight: 0.695kg
ISBN: 9781607815020
ISBN 10: 1607815028
Pages: 240
Publication Date: 15 October 2016
Audience:
Professional and scholarly
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Professional & Vocational
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
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Reviews
Catherine Fowler and Darla Garey-Sage do a wonderful service here in compiling Kelly s work with her Las Vegas Southern Paiute consultants into a cohesive, integrated ethnographic monograph that brings this trove of information back to life. David E. Rhode, research professor of archaeology, Desert Research Institute, Reno, Nevada
Catherine Fowler and Darla Garey-Sage do a wonderful service here in compiling Kelly's work with her Las Vegas Southern Paiute consultants into a cohesive, integrated ethnographic monograph that brings this trove of information back to life. --David E. Rhode, research professor of archaeology, Desert Research Institute, Reno, Nevada This publication is a significant contribution to the specialized literature on the Southern Paiutes and provides data that can no longer be duplicated. --Martha C. Knack, author of Boundaries Between: The Southern Paiutes, 1775-1995
This publication is a significant contribution to the specialized literature on the Southern Paiutes and provides data that can no longer be duplicated. Martha C. Knack, author of <i>Boundaries Between: The Southern Paiutes, 1775 1995</i></p>
Author Information
Catherine S. Fowler is professor of anthropology emerita at the University of Nevada, Reno, USA. Darla Garey-Sage is deputy director of the Nevada Rock Art Foundation, USA.
