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ERIC Number: EJ394128
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Publication Date: 1988
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Mission Registers as Anthropological Questionnaires: Understanding Limitations of the Data.
Johnson, John R.
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, v12 n2 p9-30 1988
Examines common sources of error for scholars using mission registers to study California Indian history. Draws examples from mission register studies of the Chumash tribe to illustrate problems resulting from missing entries, name changes, linguistic errors, and cross-cultural confusion about naming taboos and kin relationships. Contains 34 references. (SV)
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: California
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