A. L. Kroeber (1876–1960)

Author of Handbook of the Indians of California, with 419 Illustrations and 40 Maps (Smithsonian Institution, Bureau of American Ethnology, Bulletin No. 78)

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About the Author

Alfred L. Kroeber was an American anthropologist whose life was coterminous with the development of American anthropology. His 1902 Ph.D. from Columbia University was the first ever awarded. His book Anthropology, first published in 1923, was the only textbook of its time, and it was enormously show more influential among students, scholars, and the general public. The 1948 edition has the subtitle Race, Language, Culture, Psychology, Prehistory, indicating the range of his interests and his contributions. His concept of "cultural configuration" was influential; his notion of culture as "superorganic" was controversial as well. Much of his research was carried out in California, and he taught at the University of California, Berkeley, for most of his professional life. (Bowker Author Biography) show less

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Series

University of California Publications in American Archaeology & Ethnology

Works by A. L. Kroeber

Anthropology (1923) 42 copies

Yurok Myths (1976) 39 copies

Culture: A Critical Review of Concepts and Definitions (1952) 38 copies

Anthropology today: an encyclopedic inventory (1952) 35 copies

Anthropology: Culture Patterns and Processes (1963) 32 copies

Anthropology: Race, language, culture, psychology, prehistory (1948) 24 copies

The Arapaho (1983) 22 copies

Cultural and natural areas of native North America (1939) 22 copies

A Mohave War Reminiscence, 1854-1880 (1973) 19 copies

An anthropologist looks at history (1963) 17 copies

The nature of culture (1952) 15 copies

Source book in anthropology (1920) 14 copies

Basketry designs of the mission Indians (1932) 14 copies

Style and Civilizations (1963) 13 copies

Anthropology: biology & race (1963) 12 copies

Studies in Cahuilla culture (1978) 9 copies

The Archaeology and Pottery of Nazca, Peru: Alfred Kroeber's 1926 Expedition (1988) 9 copies

Yurok Narratives (1942) 8 copies

A Mission Record of the California Indians: From a Manuscript in the Bancroft Library (1908) 6 copies

Configurations of culture growth (1947) 6 copies

Sparkman Grammar of Luiseno (1960) 5 copies

Elements of Culture in Native California (1922) 5 copies

A roster of civilizations and culture (1962) 5 copies

California Place Names of Indian Origin (University of California Publications in American Archaeology & Ethnology) (1916) 5 copies

The Seri 4 copies

The valley Nisenan (University of California publications in American archaeology and ethnology) (1929) 4 copies

Handbook Of The Indians Of California V2 (2006) 4 copies

Arapaho Dialects (2004) 4 copies

Karok Myths (1980) 4 copies

California kinship systems 3 copies

Indian Myths of South Central California (1907) 3 copies

Handbook Of The Indians Of California V1 (2006) 3 copies

Basic Report on California Indian Land Holdings (1974) 3 copies

Zuñi kin and clan (2010) 3 copies

Serian, Tequistlatecan, and Hokan (1915) 3 copies

The Washo language of east central California and Nevada (1907) 3 copies

Walapai Ethnography (1935) 3 copies

On the Evidences of the Occupation of Certain Regions by the Miwok Indians. 3 copies

The languages of the coast of California north of San Francisco (2010) 3 copies

Peoples of the Philippines (2012) 3 copies

Ethnographic Interpretations 7-11 3 copies

Ethnographic Interpretations 1-6 3 copies

The Religion of the Indians of California (Dodo Press) (2009) 3 copies

The Patwin and their neighbors 3 copies

The Chumash and Costanoan languages 3 copies

Ethnography of the Cahuilla Indians (2007) 3 copies

Checklist of Civilizations and Culture (2017) 2 copies

Basket designs of the Indians of northwestern California 2 copies

Shoshonean Dialects of California 2 copies

Antropologia dei modelli culturali 2 copies

MOHAVE INDIANS (American Indian ethnohistory: California and Basin-Plateau Indians) (1974) 2 copies

Decorative Symbolism of the Arapaho 1901 [Leather Bound] (2019) 2 copies

Mill Creek Indians and Ishi, The 2 copies

"Indians of Yosemite," 2 copies

Southwest Museum Papers Number Six (The Seri) 2 copies

The Yokuts and Yuki. 2 copies

Antropología general 2 copies

World renewal a cult system of native northwest California 2 copies

More Mohave myths (Anthropological records) (1972) 2 copies

Notes on Shoshonean dialects of Southern California 2 copies

Arrow release distributions 2 copies

Phonetic constituents of the native languages of California (University of California, Berkeley. University of… 2 copies

California Culture Provinces. 2 copies

The Diegueno Indians: Phonetic Elements of The Diegueno Language 2 copies

"The Anthropology of California," 1 copy

"The Tribes of the Pacific Coast of North America." 1 copy

"The California Indian Population About 1910," 1 copy

"Notes on the Geography of Northwestern California: Yurok, Wiyot, Hupa, Chilula," 1 copy

"The Nature of Land-Holding Groups in Aboriginal California," 1 copy

"Continuity of Indian Population in California from 1770/1848 to 1955," 1 copy

"The Tribe in California." 1 copy

"Yurok Law and Custom." 1 copy

Peruvian archeology in 1942 1 copy

"Notes on Upper Eel River Indians," 1 copy

"Yurok National Character." 1 copy

"Yurok," 1 copy

"Chimariko," 1 copy

Karok Towns. 1 copy

"A Kato War," 1 copy

Salt, Dogs, Tobacco. 1 copy

"Sinkyone Tales." 1 copy

"Northern Yokuts." 1 copy

The Yokuts and Yuki languages (1906) 1 copy

"Law of the Yurok Indians." 1 copy

"The Coast Yuki of California." 1 copy

"Yukian Family." 1 copy

A Ghost-Dance in California (Classic Journal Articles) 1 copy

Structure and Meaning in Yurok World View: An Exploration in Religious Epistemology. 1 copy

Yurok Realities in the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries. 1 copy

"The Yurok Culture." 1 copy

Franz Boaz, American Anthropologist New Series, July- September, 1943, Vol. 45, No. 3, Part 2 No.61 of the Titles in… 1 copy

Native Culture of The Southwest 1 copy

Uto-Aztecan languages of Mexico, (Ibero-Americana: 8) (1934) 1 copy

A Mohave historic epic 1 copy

Phonetic elements of the Mohave language 1 copy

Yokuts dialect survey 1 copy

Fishing among the Indians of northwestern California (Anthropological records) 1 copy

Seven Mohave myths (Anthropological records) 1 copy

Anthropology Today (Phoenix Books) (1962) 1 copy

Tribes Surveyed 1 copy

Essays in anthropology presented to A. L. Kroeber in celebration of his sixtieth birthday, June 11, 1936 1 copy

Mohave pottery, (Anthropological records) (1955) 1 copy

"Native American Population," 1 copy

Southwest Museum Papers 1 copy

Roster Of Civilizations And Culture - Essay On The Natural History Of The World's Cultures, Living And Extinct (1962) 1 copy

Culture Element Distributions 3 1 copy

Memoirs of the American Anthropological Association (Contributions from the Laboratory of Anthoropology, I, Walapai… (1935) 1 copy

The Mill Creek Indians and Ishi: Early Reports (1972) 1 copy

Is Western Civilization Disintegrating or Reconstituting From: The Nature of Culture 1 copy

Studies in Cahuilla culture 1 copy

Cultural Intensity and Climax From: Cultural and Natural Areas of North America 1 copy

Tribal Mythology and Folklore. North America. The Great Plains. Part 1 (Cultural Heritage Series Book 3) (2013) 1 copy

Classification of the Yuman languages 1 copy

"Nature of the Land-Holding Group," 1 copy

Native Tribes Map (1966) 1 copy

Yuman Tribes of the Lower Colorado (2009) 1 copy

Gros Ventre myths and tales - Primary Source Edition (2014) 1 copy

Types of Indian culture in California 1 copy

University of California Publications in American Archaeology and Ethnology, 1919-1920, Vol. 16 (Classic Reprint) (2017) 1 copy

The languages of the coast of California south of San Francisco 1 copy

Handbook of the Indians of California, Smithsonian Institution Bureau of American Ethnology Bulletin 78 1 copy

Archaic Culture Horizons in the Valley of Mexico, University of California Publications in American Archaeology and… 1 copy

The Yokuts language of south central California 1 copy

Basketry Designs of the Mission Indians. Third Edition. Guide Leaflet No. 55 (1932) 1 copy

University of California Publications in American Archaeology and Ethnology (Vol 32) [Photo-Copy Set] 1 copy

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Associated Works

Anthropological Theory: An Introductory History (1996) — Contributor — 218 copies

Reader in Comparative Religion: An Anthropological Approach (1958) — Contributor — 211 copies

Edward Sapir appraisals of his life and work (1984) — Contributor — 2 copies

SUMA Etnológica Brasileira Arte e Índia (Vol 3) — Contributor — 1 copy

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Common Knowledge

Legal name: Kroeber, Alfred Louis
Birthdate: 1876-06-11
Date of death: 1960-10-05
Gender: male
Nationality: USA
Birthplace: Hoboken, New Jersey, USA
Place of death: Paris, France
Places of residence: New York, New York, USA
California, USA
Education: Columbia University (B.A.|1896|M.A.|1897|Ph.D|1901)
Occupations: anthropologist
Professor
Relationships: Kroeber, Theodora (spouse)
Le Guin, Ursula K. (daughter)
Kroeber, Karl (son)
Kroeber, Clifton B. (stepson)
Organizations: University of California, Berkeley
Awards and honors: Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences (1912)
Huxley Memorial Medal (1945)
Viking Fund Medal (1946)

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Handbook of the Indians of California by A. L. Kroeber

This is a classic work by the pioneer and leading California ethnographer and linguist researching California Native Americans. This is a large volume printed by the Smithsonian Government Printing Office, and it includes three folding maps. Showing distribution of tribes and tribal village locations. This is a must have for the Native American Library.

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The Languages of the Coast of California North of… by A. L. Kroeber

Kroeber was the one who found Ishi, the last surviving member of his tribe still living off the land. Kroeber is himself a legend among the early University of California professors interested in Native American culture and language, and this particular volume is surprising detail of linguistic analysis for this period. I have several of these paperbound journals produced by the University of California at Berkeley Press featuring in this case American Archeology and Ethnology, but also Zoological reports in similar format, and find them extraordinary scholarship of all time. Must have for the California Native American Library.… (more)

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