Amazonian Indians from Prehistory to the Present: Anthropological Perspectives

by Anna Eleanor Roosevelt (Editor)

Amazonia has long been a focus of debate about the impact of the tropical rain forest environment on indigenous cultural development. This edited volume draws on the subdisciplines of anthropology to present an integrated perspective of Amazonian studies. The contributors address transformations of native societies as a result of their interaction with Western civilization from initial contact to the present day, demonstrating that the pre- and postcontact characteristics of these societies display differences that until now have been little recognized.CONTENTS
Amazonian Strategy for a New Synthesis, Anna C. Roosevelt
The Ancient Amerindian Polities of the Amazon, Orinoco and Atlantic A Preliminary Analysis of Their Passage from Antiquity to Extinction, Neil Lancelot Whitehead
The Impact of Conquest on Contemporary Indigenous Peoples of the Guiana The System of Orinoco Regional Interdependence, Nelly Arvelo-Jiménez and Horacio Biord
Social Organization and Political Power in the Amazon The Ethnohistorical Sources, Antonio Porro
The Evidence for the Nature of the Process of Indigenous Deculturation and Destabilization in the Amazon Region in the Last 300 Preliminary Data, Adélia Engrácia de Oliveira
Health and Demography of Native Historical Perspective and Current Status, Warren M. Hern
Diet and Nutritional Status of Amazonian Peoples, Darna L. Dufour
Hunting and Fishing in Hold the Answers, What are the Questions?, Stephen Beckerman
Homeostasis as a Cultural The Jivaro Case, Philippe Descola
Farming, Feuding, and Female The Achuara Case, Pita Kelekna
Subsistence Strategy, Social Organization, and Warfare in Central Brazil in the Context of European Penetration, Nancy M. Flowers
Environmental and Social Implications of Pre- and Post-Contact Situations on Brazilian The Kayapo and a New Amazonian Synthesis, Darrell Addison Posey
Beyond A Comparative Study of Utopian Renewal in Amazonia, Michael F. Brown
The Eastern Bororo Seen from an Archaeological Perspective, Irmhilde Wüst
Genetic Relatedness and Language Distributions in Amazonia, Harriet E. Manelis Klein
Language, Culture, and Tup¡-Guaran¡ Plant Names Over Time, William Balée and Denny Moore
Becoming The Politics of Tukanoan Ethnicity, Jean E. Jackson

Genres: Anthropology

420 pages, Hardcover

First published November 1, 1994