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 94
... protein ' is the limiting resource par excellence in human cultural adaptations and human social behav- ior . My work on the Yanomamö has been caught up in this debate , since some of the variables the protein ' argument ' purports to ...
... protein ' is the limiting resource par excellence in human cultural adaptations and human social behav- ior . My work on the Yanomamö has been caught up in this debate , since some of the variables the protein ' argument ' purports to ...
Page 96
... protein . These should be taken as very conservative estimates , since vegatable proteinis not counted nor is the protein that is inevitably consumed by the hunters while they are on hunting trips . Data in parenthesis indicates that ...
... protein . These should be taken as very conservative estimates , since vegatable proteinis not counted nor is the protein that is inevitably consumed by the hunters while they are on hunting trips . Data in parenthesis indicates that ...
Page 97
... protein intake per day . I will not go into some of the darker , unethical , and astonishing events that eventually transpired around this issue at least not in this book - but simply report some of the results that eventually were ...
... protein intake per day . I will not go into some of the darker , unethical , and astonishing events that eventually transpired around this issue at least not in this book - but simply report some of the results that eventually were ...
Contents
Doing Fieldwork among the Yanomamö | 5 |
Cultural Ecology | 45 |
Myth and Cosmos | 99 |
Copyright | |
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