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
... kind of point is barbed and is used primarily for bird hunting . The barb is made from a sliver of bone , often a monkey bone . The barb prevents the arrow from coming out of the bird , and the weight of the shaft plus its unwieldiness ...
... kind of point is barbed and is used primarily for bird hunting . The barb is made from a sliver of bone , often a monkey bone . The barb prevents the arrow from coming out of the bird , and the weight of the shaft plus its unwieldiness ...
Page 71
... kind of strategy is involved , for the transport of seeds and cuttings is a small problem . THE CULTURAL ECOLOGY OF SETTLEMENT PATTERN Micro Movements of Villages and Gardens Let us consider the first and simplest scenario of making new ...
... kind of strategy is involved , for the transport of seeds and cuttings is a small problem . THE CULTURAL ECOLOGY OF SETTLEMENT PATTERN Micro Movements of Villages and Gardens Let us consider the first and simplest scenario of making new ...
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... kind of science that studies crustaceans . It is legitimate , and even meritorious , he said , to concern oneself with the shell of the organism itself . Levi - Strauss preferred to consider the shells : They are attractive ...
... kind of science that studies crustaceans . It is legitimate , and even meritorious , he said , to concern oneself with the shell of the organism itself . Levi - Strauss preferred to consider the shells : They are attractive ...
Contents
Doing Fieldwork among the Yanomamö | 5 |
Cultural Ecology | 45 |
Myth and Cosmos | 99 |
Copyright | |
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