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 36
... began running into fresh signs of human activity - footprints made a day before , husks of palm fruits , discarded items of no value , broken twigs where someone cleared the trail as he proceeded along it , and so on . My heart began to ...
... began running into fresh signs of human activity - footprints made a day before , husks of palm fruits , discarded items of no value , broken twigs where someone cleared the trail as he proceeded along it , and so on . My heart began to ...
Page 110
... began choking and coughing . There was smoke everywhere , and the Jaguars began getting delirious and screamed from the pain of the pepper smoke . They began dying in large numbers . Flashes of lightning came from the entrances to the ...
... began choking and coughing . There was smoke everywhere , and the Jaguars began getting delirious and screamed from the pain of the pepper smoke . They began dying in large numbers . Flashes of lightning came from the entrances to the ...
Page 194
... began raiding them with even greater frequency , after learning that the Monou - teri and Bisaasi - teri were again at war with them . A few additional villages began raiding the Patanowä - teri to settle old grudges , realizing that ...
... began raiding them with even greater frequency , after learning that the Monou - teri and Bisaasi - teri were again at war with them . A few additional villages began raiding the Patanowä - teri to settle old grudges , realizing that ...
Contents
Doing Fieldwork among the Yanomamö | 5 |
Cultural Ecology | 45 |
Myth and Cosmos | 99 |
Copyright | |
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