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 85
... river bottoms immediately adjacent to the large rivers like the Orinoco or lower reaches of its affluents like the Mavaca and Ocamo ; " B " for the slightly higher but relatively low - lying , relatively flat inland regions that are ...
... river bottoms immediately adjacent to the large rivers like the Orinoco or lower reaches of its affluents like the Mavaca and Ocamo ; " B " for the slightly higher but relatively low - lying , relatively flat inland regions that are ...
Page 89
... River from tributaries of the Orinoco River , especially the branch of the Orinoco indicated as Shanishani kä u . They did not remain long in the area because of wars with the Iwahikoroba - teri , also refugees from the Shanishani ...
... River from tributaries of the Orinoco River , especially the branch of the Orinoco indicated as Shanishani kä u . They did not remain long in the area because of wars with the Iwahikoroba - teri , also refugees from the Shanishani ...
Page 169
... Orinoco River to their own allies , one of which was the Mahekodo - teri . The evening before the men returned from the trip , one of the Salesian mis- sionaries , Padre Luis Cocco , visited me from his Ocamo mission , having traveled ...
... Orinoco River to their own allies , one of which was the Mahekodo - teri . The evening before the men returned from the trip , one of the Salesian mis- sionaries , Padre Luis Cocco , visited me from his Ocamo mission , having traveled ...
Contents
Doing Fieldwork among the Yanomamö | 5 |
Cultural Ecology | 45 |
Myth and Cosmos | 99 |
Copyright | |
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