The Tewa world: space, time, being, and becoming in a Pueblo society. --

"This is a book that springs from richness. . . valuable not only for anthropologists and sociologists. . . the interested but unskilled layman will find a treasure trove as well. One thing seems certain. If this book does not become THE authority for the scholar, it will certainly never be ignored. Ortiz has done himself and his people proud. They are both worthy of the acclamation."—__The New Mexican__ This Book Is Not A Descriptive Monograph, But An Essay In Cultural Analysis, One Which Views Culture As A System Of Symbols And Which Takes Form Under The Impact Of Modern Structural Theory. A Theme Which Runs Throughout Is The Concept Of Dual Organization, A Structure Which Once Characterized Ten To Fifteen Percent Of All Known Human Societies, And Which Is Found In A Highly Developed Form Among The Tewa Today. Defined As A System Of Antithetical Institutions With The Associated Symbols, Ideas, And Meanings In Terms Of Which Social Interaction Takes Place, A Dual Organization Is For The Tewa A Natural Result Of Adapting To An Environment Comprised Of Opposites--two Extremes Of Weather During The Year; Two Means Of Subsistence, Hunting In Winter And Farming In Summer; And Two Periods And Directions Of Migration In The Origin Myth. Alfonso Ortiz. A Revision Of The Author's Thesis, University Of Chicago. Bibliography: P. 181-186.

"This is a book that springs from richness. . . valuable not only for anthropologists and sociologists. . . the interested but unskilled layman will find a treasure trove as well. One thing seems certain. If this book does not become THE authority for the scholar, it will certainly never be ignored. Ortiz has done himself and his people proud. They are both worthy of the acclamation."—The New Mexican

"This is a book that springs from richness. . . valuable not only for anthropologists and sociologists. . . the interested but unskilled layman will find a treasure trove as well. One thing seems certain. If this book does not become THE authority for the scholar, it will certainly never be ignored. Ortiz has done himself and his people proud. They are both worthy of the acclamation."—The New Mexican "This is a book that springs from richness. . . valuable not only for anthropologists and sociologists. . . the interested but unskilled layman will find a treasure trove as well. One thing seems certain. If this book does not become THE authority for the scholar, it will certainly never be ignored. Ortiz has done himself and his people proud. They are both worthy of the acclamation."— The New Mexican This study represents an attempt to fill a serious gap in the ethnographic literature on the Pueblos of the American Southwest.