Joanne Timmins’s Reviews > Under the Mountain Wall: A Chronicle of Two Seasons in Stone Age New Guinea > Status Update

Peter Mathiessen writes of the Kurelus' lifestyle in a respectful, dignified way devoid of judgment of any kind. He does not try to interpret or reflect upon meaning or purpose of various rituals or activities, just observes & reports. It strikes me that all people need purpose in life , a " job" if you will. In a land devoid of industrialization, the men's work is war.