Gender and Authority among the Yokoch, Mono, and Miwok of Central California

摘要: Decision making, residence patterns, and specializations among the Foothill Yokoch (Yokuts), (Western) Mono, (Southern Sierra Nevada) Miwok indicate that previously reported male bias of these groups was partly due to researchers' assumptions a contact-induced response. Comparing data from with hunting warfare hypotheses confirms their traditional gender-egalitarian ethos social ranking were based on age, knowledge, talent, family ties. A diachronic approach synthesis new old ethnographic material, archaeological studies, historical descendants' statements shed light roles women men basis authority in some societies.