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 46
... jungle is relatively dense and contains a large variety of palm and hardwood trees . The canopy keeps the sunlight from reaching the ground , and on overcast days it can be very dark and gloomy in the jungle . Scrub brush and vines grow ...
... jungle is relatively dense and contains a large variety of palm and hardwood trees . The canopy keeps the sunlight from reaching the ground , and on overcast days it can be very dark and gloomy in the jungle . Scrub brush and vines grow ...
Page 63
... jungle that has widely spaced trees that would be relatively easy to clear for gardening . They occasionally also refer to a potentially useful tract of jungle by the very name they use for a cleared garden itself : hikari täkä , a ...
... jungle that has widely spaced trees that would be relatively easy to clear for gardening . They occasionally also refer to a potentially useful tract of jungle by the very name they use for a cleared garden itself : hikari täkä , a ...
Page 220
... jungle , returning in about 5 minutes with a bundle of broad leaves . Yoroshianawä lined the hole with the leaves , and before he was finished , the first group he had sent into the jungle were returning with quantities of palm fruits ...
... jungle , returning in about 5 minutes with a bundle of broad leaves . Yoroshianawä lined the hole with the leaves , and before he was finished , the first group he had sent into the jungle were returning with quantities of palm fruits ...
Contents
Doing Fieldwork among the Yanomamö | 5 |
Cultural Ecology | 45 |
Myth and Cosmos | 99 |
Copyright | |
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