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 51
... Arrows are made from 6 - foot - long shafts of cultivated cane . They are often assumed to be ' spears ' by people ... arrow to spin when shot . A thin fiber from a cultivated plant was traditionally used to attach the fletching , but ...
... Arrows are made from 6 - foot - long shafts of cultivated cane . They are often assumed to be ' spears ' by people ... arrow to spin when shot . A thin fiber from a cultivated plant was traditionally used to attach the fletching , but ...
Page 181
... arrows and drew their bows , aiming them right at their visiting opponents . The visitors pulled back and formed a protective circle around the few women and children who had come back with them , also fitting arrows into their bows and ...
... arrows and drew their bows , aiming them right at their visiting opponents . The visitors pulled back and formed a protective circle around the few women and children who had come back with them , also fitting arrows into their bows and ...
Page 193
... arrows into his body , at least five of which struck him in the abdomen . He managed to nock one of his own arrows and shoot at the raiders , cursing them defiantly , although he was probably mortally wounded . Then Bishe- wä , one of ...
... arrows into his body , at least five of which struck him in the abdomen . He managed to nock one of his own arrows and shoot at the raiders , cursing them defiantly , although he was probably mortally wounded . Then Bishe- wä , one of ...
Contents
Doing Fieldwork among the Yanomamö | 5 |
Cultural Ecology | 45 |
Myth and Cosmos | 99 |
Copyright | |
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