GWD13-24-26

guoguo463

Q24 to Q26:

Anthropologists studying the
     

Hopi people of the southwestern

United States often characterize

Line Hopi society between 1680 and

(5) 1880 as surprisingly stable, con-

sidering that it was a period of

diminution in population and

pressure from contact with out-

side groups, factors that might

(10) be expected to cause signifi-

cant changes in Hopi social

arrangements.

The Hopis’ retention of their

distinctive sociocultural system

(15) has been attributed to the Hopi

religious elite’s determined

efforts to preserve their religion

and way of life, and also to a

geographical isolation greater

(20) than that of many other Native

American groups, an isolation

that limited both cultural contact

and exposure to European

diseases. But equally important

(25) to Hopi cultural persistence may

have been an inherent flexibility

in their social system that may

have allowed preservation of

traditions even as the Hopis

(30) accommodated themselves

to change. For example, the

system of matrilineal clans was

maintained throughout this per-

iod, even though some clans

(35) merged to form larger groups

while others divided into smaller

descent groups. Furthermore,

although traditionally members

of particular Hopi clans appear

(40) to have exclusively controlled

particular ceremonies, a clan’s

control of a ceremony might

shift to another clan if the first

became too small to manage

(45) the responsibility. Village

leadership positions tradition-

ally restricted to members of

one clan might be similarly

extended to members of other

(50) clans, and women might assume

such positions under certain

unusual conditions.

最后一句中划红线的部分在这里起什么作用啊？

我觉得整个行文都很顺畅，只是后来出现WOEMN的观点觉得很突然，

谁能帮我解释一下呢？谢谢：）

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songyeonpp

前面出现了  matrilineal clans

在这期间内维持着母系部落......一个村子的领导位置(通常仅限于本部落的人)可以由另外一个部落的人来担任,然后举例women might assume

such positions under certain unusual conditions.

such positions under certain unusual conditions.

guoguo463

thanks, I ignored the word "matrilineal ".

gonghao

sorry for the late reply

Songyeonpp has made great explaination and plus, I think the red part of sentence doesn't set obstcles into your answers to the questions.