Informant Error and Native Prestige Ranking in Zinacantan

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American AnthropologistVolume 65, Issue 5 p. 1068-1075 Free Access Informant Error and Native Prestige Ranking in Zinacantan1 FRANK CANCIAN, FRANK CANCIAN Harvard UniversitySearch for more papers by this author FRANK CANCIAN, FRANK CANCIAN Harvard UniversitySearch for more papers by this author First published: October 1963 https://doi.org/10.1525/aa.1963.65.5.02a00060Citations: 13 1 The writing of and research for this paper were partially supported by grants M-2100 (the Harvard Chiapas Project directed by E. Z. Vogt) and MPM-17,719 from the National Institute of Mental Health. An earlier draft was read at the American Anthropological Association meetings in Chicago, November, 1962. For suggestions and advice at various stages of the preparation of the paper I am grateful to Jean Briggs, Francesca Cancian, Benjamin N. Colby, George Collier, Roy D'Andrade, A. Richard Diebold, Bernice A. Kaplan and Evon Z. Vogt. Volney Stefflre was especially helpful with the bibliography. AboutPDF ToolsExport citationAdd to favoritesTrack citation ShareShare Give accessShare full text accessShare full-text accessPlease review our Terms and Conditions of Use and check box below to share full-text version of article.I have read and accept the Wiley Online Library Terms and Conditions of UseShareable LinkUse the link below to share a full-text version of this article with your friends and colleagues. Learn more.Copy URL REFERENCES CITED Aiken, Howard et al 1955 Tables of the cumulative binomial probability distribution. The Annals of the Computation Laboratory of Harvard University, Vol. 35. Cancian, Frank 1962a Economics and prestige in a Maya community: a study of the religious cargo system in Zinacantan, Chiapas, Mexico. Doctoral dissertation, Harvard University. Cancian, Frank 1962b Some aspects of the social and religious organization of a Maya society. Selected Papers of the 35th International Congress of Americanists, Mexico City, (in press). de Soto, Clinton B. and John J. Bosley 1962 The cognitive structure of a social structure. Journal of Abnormal and Social Psychology 64: 303– 307. Kennedy, John L. and Harold D. Lasswell 1958 A cross-cultural test of self-image. Human Organization 17: 41– 43. Miller, George A. 1956 The perception of speech. In For Roman Jakobson, essays on the occasion of his sixtieth birthday, Morris Halle et al, eds. The Hauge, Mouton & Co. Nadel, S. F. 1937 A field experiment in racial psychology. The British Journal of Psychology 28 (part 2): 195– 211. Nash, Manning 1958 Political relations in Guatemala. Social and Economic Studies 7: 65– 75. Wallace, Antony F. C. 1962 The new culture and personality. In Anthropology and human behavior, Thomas Gladwin and William C. Sturtevant, eds. Washington, D.C., The Anthropological Society of Washington. Wallace, Anthony F. C. and John Atkins 1960 The meaning of kinship terms. American Anthropologist 62: 58– 80. Citing Literature Volume65, Issue5October 1963Pages 1068-1075 ReferencesRelatedInformation