Ya̦nomamöBased on the author's extensive fieldwork, this classic ethnography, now in its fifth edition, focuses on the Yanomamo. These truly remarkable South American people are one of the few primitive sovereign tribal societies left on earth. This new edition includes events and changes that have occurred since 1992, including a recent trip by the author to the Brazilian Yanomamo in 1995. |
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Page 62
... large numbers of larvae and a few stunned bees floating on top , as well as much other debris . They dip the liquid out using cups fashioned from leaves , or , if they have a cooking pot , they pass it around , blowing the debris aside ...
... large numbers of larvae and a few stunned bees floating on top , as well as much other debris . They dip the liquid out using cups fashioned from leaves , or , if they have a cooking pot , they pass it around , blowing the debris aside ...
Page 171
... large number of basho , a particularly large and very desirable monkey . They had also come upon a quantity of turtle eggs at a sand bar and were eating as many as they could . When they returned later , they cached the remaining eggs ...
... large number of basho , a particularly large and very desirable monkey . They had also come upon a quantity of turtle eggs at a sand bar and were eating as many as they could . When they returned later , they cached the remaining eggs ...
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... amount of polygyny that took place in immediately ascending generations . Polygyny rates , as explained in Chapter 4 , are important because they result in a few men leaving a large number of offspring and grand - offspring . This , in ...
... amount of polygyny that took place in immediately ascending generations . Polygyny rates , as explained in Chapter 4 , are important because they result in a few men leaving a large number of offspring and grand - offspring . This , in ...
Contents
Doing Fieldwork among the Yanomamö | 5 |
Cultural Ecology | 45 |
Myth and Cosmos | 99 |
Copyright | |
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