Ya̦nomamö: The Fierce PeopleThese case studies in cultural anthropology are designed to bring to students, in beginning and intermediate courses in the social sciences, insights into the richness and complexity of human life as it is lived in different way and in different places. |
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Page 60
... larger trees , kayaba hii , are left standing until the undergrowth is cleared . Then most of the larger trees are felled with steel axes and left lying on the ground for several weeks so the branches and leaves can dry out . Especially ...
... larger trees , kayaba hii , are left standing until the undergrowth is cleared . Then most of the larger trees are felled with steel axes and left lying on the ground for several weeks so the branches and leaves can dry out . Especially ...
Page 79
... larger area . Yet the number of villages for each bloc is about the same ( seven or eight each ) . But there are some major differences between them . Shamatari villages tend to be much larger than Namowei - teri villages . They average ...
... larger area . Yet the number of villages for each bloc is about the same ( seven or eight each ) . But there are some major differences between them . Shamatari villages tend to be much larger than Namowei - teri villages . They average ...
Page 79
... larger area . Yet the number of villages for each bloc is about the same ( seven or eight each ) . But there are some major differences between them . Shamatari villages tend to be much larger than Namowei - teri villages . They average ...
... larger area . Yet the number of villages for each bloc is about the same ( seven or eight each ) . But there are some major differences between them . Shamatari villages tend to be much larger than Namowei - teri villages . They average ...
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abduct alliance allies animal anthropologists arrows Bahimi Bäkotawä began behavior Bisaasi-teri blow brothers canoe Chagnon chest chest-pounding duel club fight coefficient of relatedness collecting cousins cross-cousins cultivated Damowä daughter enemies feast field research fieldwork fierce film firewood fission fruits garden genealogical guests hallucinogenic hammocks headman hekura hosts human hunting Indians individuals intervillage Jaguar jungle Kaobawä's group Kaobawä's village Karina Karohi-teri kill kind kinship large number larger leaves lineage living machete Mahekodo-teri male marriage marry Mavaca meat missionaries Monou-teri myths Namoweiteri neighbors noreshi Orinoco River parallel cousins Paruriwä Patanowä-teri pattern peach palm plantains political population blocs protein Puerto Ayacucho raid raiders relatedness relationships relatively Rerebawä shabono shamans Shamatari villages shotguns social someone Timothy Asch trade tree trip uncontacted usually Venezuelan vines visitors warfare wife wives woman women Yanomamö culture Yanomamö villages young