Change and continuity: transformations of Pomo life

Article Abstract:

The Pomo people of northwest California used to live in village communities in a marshy, wet environment where plants such as bulrushes were in abundance and creatively used for weaving clothing, boats, baskets and even housing. Russian traders provided much of the initial outside contact for the Pomos after 1811. Family life and traditional culture changed drastically in the 1850's due to the settlers' genocidal policies and widespread disease, with women increasingly becoming the head of the households. Pomos have retained their traditional dances and songs in the 1990's, and many other cultural activities are still pursued.

History, Demographic aspects, California

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The development of the commercial market for Pomo Indian baskets

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The market for Pomo Indian baskets grew rapidly around 1890, with baskets widely used to decorate the home. The growing number of tourists in the early twentieth century also helped the market to grow, with native basket making promoted as a tourist attraction. Indian baskets were initially marketed as coming from wide geographic regions, with Pomo baskets becoming prominent due to the marketing activities of Dr. John Wilz Napier Hudson, who appreciated the baskets as objects of craftmanship and beauty.

Marketing, Art, Basket making, Basketwork

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Collapse of empire and material-culture change: the case of the Soviet Union

Article Abstract:

Many people in the former Soviet Union have accepted a new culture based on material possessions. Dissemination of western consumer goods and new cultural role models need to be studied by ethnoarchaeology.

Social aspects, Political aspects, Materialism, Soviet Union

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