The Russian Molokan Colony at Guadalupe, Baja California: Continuity and change in a sectarian community.

Migration, ethnicity and cultural pattern are reviewed. The research questions how accurately the prehistoric archaeologist can interpret migration and ethnicity by means of a review of the modern migration of a group of Russian sectarians to Baja California, Mexico. Excavations undertaken in seven households at different levels of assimilation with their Mexican and Indian neighbors suggests that material culture does reflect ethnicity under these best of all archaeological circumstances. A methodology for the determination of prehistoric migrations is suggested. It concludes that "cultural pattern" is a more useful concept than "ethnicity" in the determination of archaeological migrations.

Name thesis:degree_name

Ph.D.

Level thesis:degree_level

doctoral

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Anthropology

Grantor dc:publisher

The University of Arizona.

Year dc:date.issued

1992

Author dc:creator

• Muranaka, Therese Adams.

Committee members dc:contributor.committeemember

• Reid, J. Jefferson
• Dean, Jeffrey S.

• Molokans -- Mexico -- Valle de Guadalupe (Baja California) -- History.
• Russians -- Mexico -- Valle de Guadalupe (Baja California) -- History.
• maps

Statement dc:rights

• Copyright © is held by the author. Digital access to this material is made possible by the University Libraries, University of Arizona. Further transmission, reproduction or presentation (such as public display or performance) of protected items is prohibited except with permission of the author.

Language dc:language.iso

en

Handle dc:identifier.uri

http://hdl.handle.net/10150/186102

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:repository.arizona.edu:10150/186102