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Tipití: Journal of the Society for the Anthropology of Lowland South America

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Negotiating New Roles And Relationships In The Jungle: Rain Forest Imaginations And Community-Based Ecotourism In Ecuador, Anna Meiser, Eveline Dürr Nov 2014

Negotiating New Roles And Relationships In The Jungle: Rain Forest Imaginations And Community-Based Ecotourism In Ecuador, Anna Meiser, Eveline Dürr

Tipití: Journal of the Society for the Anthropology of Lowland South America

No abstract provided.


The Ecology Of The Barí - Stephen Beckerman & Roberto Lizarralde, Helbert Medeiros Prado Nov 2014

The Ecology Of The Barí - Stephen Beckerman & Roberto Lizarralde, Helbert Medeiros Prado

Tipití: Journal of the Society for the Anthropology of Lowland South America

No abstract provided.


Introduction: Indigenous Peoples, Dams And Resistance, Simone Athayde Nov 2014

Introduction: Indigenous Peoples, Dams And Resistance, Simone Athayde

Tipití: Journal of the Society for the Anthropology of Lowland South America

No abstract provided.


Framing Social-Environmental Justice By Amazonian Indigenous Peoples: The Kayapo Case, Anthony Oliver-Smith Nov 2014

Framing Social-Environmental Justice By Amazonian Indigenous Peoples: The Kayapo Case, Anthony Oliver-Smith

Tipití: Journal of the Society for the Anthropology of Lowland South America

No abstract provided.


Online Technologies And The Struggle Against Dam Building In The Amazon, Flávia Leite Nov 2014

Online Technologies And The Struggle Against Dam Building In The Amazon, Flávia Leite

Tipití: Journal of the Society for the Anthropology of Lowland South America

No abstract provided.


Hijos De La Selva/Sons Of The Forest - Federico Bossert And Diego Villar, Kathleen Lowrey Nov 2014

Hijos De La Selva/Sons Of The Forest - Federico Bossert And Diego Villar, Kathleen Lowrey

Tipití: Journal of the Society for the Anthropology of Lowland South America

No abstract provided.


The Falling Sky: Words Of A Yanomami Shaman - Davi Kopenawa And Bruce Albert, Leslie E. Sponsel Nov 2014

The Falling Sky: Words Of A Yanomami Shaman - Davi Kopenawa And Bruce Albert, Leslie E. Sponsel

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No abstract provided.


Moving Forward Or Backwards? Indigenous Peoples, Development And Democracy In Brazil, Melissa Volpato Curi Nov 2014

Moving Forward Or Backwards? Indigenous Peoples, Development And Democracy In Brazil, Melissa Volpato Curi

Tipití: Journal of the Society for the Anthropology of Lowland South America

No abstract provided.


The Amazon: Dirty Dams, Dirty Politics And The Myth Of Clean Energy, Brent Millikan Nov 2014

The Amazon: Dirty Dams, Dirty Politics And The Myth Of Clean Energy, Brent Millikan

Tipití: Journal of the Society for the Anthropology of Lowland South America

No abstract provided.


Hydroelectric Amazonia: Cultures Caught In The Crucible Of "Order And Progress", C. Randall Crones Nov 2014

Hydroelectric Amazonia: Cultures Caught In The Crucible Of "Order And Progress", C. Randall Crones

Tipití: Journal of the Society for the Anthropology of Lowland South America

No abstract provided.


From “Acculturated Indians” To “Dynamic Amazonian Quichua-Speaking Peoples, Michael Uzendoski, Norman E. Whitten Jr. Jul 2014

From “Acculturated Indians” To “Dynamic Amazonian Quichua-Speaking Peoples, Michael Uzendoski, Norman E. Whitten Jr.

Tipití: Journal of the Society for the Anthropology of Lowland South America

No abstract provided.


“Doing It Like Real Runa Women And Men” A Runa Ceremonial Festival, Francesca Mezzenzana Jul 2014

“Doing It Like Real Runa Women And Men” A Runa Ceremonial Festival, Francesca Mezzenzana

Tipití: Journal of the Society for the Anthropology of Lowland South America

No abstract provided.


Amazonian Quichua In The Western Amazon Regional Interaction Sphere, Mary-Elizabeth Reeve Jul 2014

Amazonian Quichua In The Western Amazon Regional Interaction Sphere, Mary-Elizabeth Reeve

Tipití: Journal of the Society for the Anthropology of Lowland South America

No abstract provided.


Analogic Alterity: The Dialogics Of Life Of Amazonian Kichwa Mythology In Comparison With Tupi Guaraní (Mbyá) Creation Stories, Michael Uzendoski Jul 2014

Analogic Alterity: The Dialogics Of Life Of Amazonian Kichwa Mythology In Comparison With Tupi Guaraní (Mbyá) Creation Stories, Michael Uzendoski

Tipití: Journal of the Society for the Anthropology of Lowland South America

No abstract provided.


Earthy Concreteness And Anti-Hypotheticalism In Amazonian Quichua Discourse, Janis B. Nuckolls, Tod D. Swanson Jul 2014

Earthy Concreteness And Anti-Hypotheticalism In Amazonian Quichua Discourse, Janis B. Nuckolls, Tod D. Swanson

Tipití: Journal of the Society for the Anthropology of Lowland South America

No abstract provided.


Autodenominations: An Ethnographer’S Account From Peruvian Amazonia, Peter Gow Jun 2013

Autodenominations: An Ethnographer’S Account From Peruvian Amazonia, Peter Gow

Tipití: Journal of the Society for the Anthropology of Lowland South America

No abstract provided.


Mission, Food, And Commensality Among The Yukpa: Indigenous Creolization And Emerging Complexities In Indigenous Modernities, Ernst Halbmayer Jun 2013

Mission, Food, And Commensality Among The Yukpa: Indigenous Creolization And Emerging Complexities In Indigenous Modernities, Ernst Halbmayer

Tipití: Journal of the Society for the Anthropology of Lowland South America

No abstract provided.


Imaging Amazonia In The 21st Century: Recent Brazilian Documentaries On Socio-Environmental Conflicts, Jeremy M. Campbell Jun 2013

Imaging Amazonia In The 21st Century: Recent Brazilian Documentaries On Socio-Environmental Conflicts, Jeremy M. Campbell

Tipití: Journal of the Society for the Anthropology of Lowland South America

No abstract provided.


Introduction: Indigenous Creolization, Amerindian Hybridity And The Invention Of Authenticity, Ernst Halbmayer, Catherine Alès Jun 2013

Introduction: Indigenous Creolization, Amerindian Hybridity And The Invention Of Authenticity, Ernst Halbmayer, Catherine Alès

Tipití: Journal of the Society for the Anthropology of Lowland South America

No abstract provided.


The Werewolf In Between Indians And Whites: Imaginative Frontiers And Mobile Identities In Eighteenth Century Amazonia, Mark Harris Jun 2013

The Werewolf In Between Indians And Whites: Imaginative Frontiers And Mobile Identities In Eighteenth Century Amazonia, Mark Harris

Tipití: Journal of the Society for the Anthropology of Lowland South America

No abstract provided.


Tradición, Escritura Y Patrimonialización. Anne-Gaël Bilhaut And Silvia Macedo, Editors. Quito, Ecuador. Abya-Yala. 2012., Natalia Buitron Arias, Grégory Deshoullière Jun 2013

Tradición, Escritura Y Patrimonialización. Anne-Gaël Bilhaut And Silvia Macedo, Editors. Quito, Ecuador. Abya-Yala. 2012., Natalia Buitron Arias, Grégory Deshoullière

Tipití: Journal of the Society for the Anthropology of Lowland South America

No abstract provided.


The Languages Of Amazonia, Patience Epps, Andrés Pablo Salanova Jun 2013

The Languages Of Amazonia, Patience Epps, Andrés Pablo Salanova

Tipití: Journal of the Society for the Anthropology of Lowland South America

No abstract provided.


Systems Of Naming And Creolization: Authentic Acculturation And/Or Authentic Tradition? The Yanomami Case, Catherine Alès Jun 2013

Systems Of Naming And Creolization: Authentic Acculturation And/Or Authentic Tradition? The Yanomami Case, Catherine Alès

Tipití: Journal of the Society for the Anthropology of Lowland South America

No abstract provided.


Believing In The Gift: A Case Of Successful Relationships Of Exchange In The Colombian Amazon, Carlos D. Londoño Sulkin Jan 2013

Believing In The Gift: A Case Of Successful Relationships Of Exchange In The Colombian Amazon, Carlos D. Londoño Sulkin

Tipití: Journal of the Society for the Anthropology of Lowland South America

Since the late 70’s, the Colombian anthropologist Juan Alvaro Echeverri has logged more than five years in Uitoto and closely related communities in the Colombian Amazon. His relationships with individuals there have been long-lived and surprisingly successful, in contrast with the often-noted disappointment of many philanthropically oriented outsiders—NGO agents, anthropologists, missionaries, government personnel—who come to find ‘their Indians’ to be too materialistic and demanding, and of the Indians who cease to find these would-be philanthropists generous, desirable, or even interesting interlocutors. This essay, meant to be both an ethnographic and theoretical exposition on the forms and implications of substance exchange …


Revealing Fires And Rich Diets: Macro- And Micro-Archaeobotanical Analysis At The Hatahara Site, Central Amazonia, Caroline Fernandes Caromano, Leandro Matthews Cascon, Eduardo Góes Neves, Rita Scheel-Ybert Jan 2013

Revealing Fires And Rich Diets: Macro- And Micro-Archaeobotanical Analysis At The Hatahara Site, Central Amazonia, Caroline Fernandes Caromano, Leandro Matthews Cascon, Eduardo Góes Neves, Rita Scheel-Ybert

Tipití: Journal of the Society for the Anthropology of Lowland South America

Numerous questions in Amazonian archaeology place great emphasis on the relationships between human groups and their environments, traditionally drawing inferences from ethnographic analogies. This analytical expedient is justified by the supposedly weak preservation potential of plant remains in the Amazonian environment; however, it is also rooted in a lack of collecting and systematic research of such botanical remains. This paper presents results of archaeobotanical studies undertaken at the Hatahara site, located in Central Amazonia. Analysis of macro and microbotanical remains produced direct evidence of relationships between humans and plants in pre-colonial Central Amazonia. Observation of microbotanical assemblages extracted from artifacts …


A Chronology Of The Introduction Of Domesticated Plants In Central Brazil, Myrtle P. Shock, Renato Kipnis, Lucas Bueno, Francini M. Silva Jan 2013

A Chronology Of The Introduction Of Domesticated Plants In Central Brazil, Myrtle P. Shock, Renato Kipnis, Lucas Bueno, Francini M. Silva

Tipití: Journal of the Society for the Anthropology of Lowland South America

The paleoethnobotanical analysis of archaeological remains from two sites in central Brazil provides chronological data for the introduction of domesticated plants to the region. The sites of Lapa dos Bichos and Lapa Pintada, located in the northern portion of the state of Minas Gerais, are within rock shelters in limestone rock outcroppings. The dry conditions at the sites preserved both burnt and unburnt organic materials, including the seeds and fruits that were analyzed in this study. The chronological documentation for the introduction of domesticated plants is based on relative chronology from excavation stratigraphy and radiocarbon dating. The domesticated plants found …


Domestication And Dispersal Of Native Crops In Amazonia, Charles R. Clement, Fábio O. Freitas Jan 2013

Domestication And Dispersal Of Native Crops In Amazonia, Charles R. Clement, Fábio O. Freitas

Tipití: Journal of the Society for the Anthropology of Lowland South America

Recent decades have witnessed the rapid expansion of interest in and research on the domestication of crop plants worldwide. These species are the basis of the rise to dominance of Homo sapiens over the last 10,000 years. New techniques in archaeology and the expansion of molecular genetics are uncovering abundant evidence to support or refute old hypotheses about human domestication of crops and creation of food production systems that fueled population expansions and linguistic diasporas, and to raise new hypotheses. In Amazonia and elsewhere in lowland South America, archaeologists are starting to examine these hypotheses in earnest, and geneticists are …


Terras Pretas De Índio Of The Caquetá-Japurá River (Colombian Amazonia), Gaspar Morcote-Rios, Lauren Raz, Diego Giraldo-Cañas, Carlos E. Franky, Tomas León Sicard Jan 2013

Terras Pretas De Índio Of The Caquetá-Japurá River (Colombian Amazonia), Gaspar Morcote-Rios, Lauren Raz, Diego Giraldo-Cañas, Carlos E. Franky, Tomas León Sicard

Tipití: Journal of the Society for the Anthropology of Lowland South America

Amazonian dark earths, or terra preta, constitute archaeological evidence of ancient human settlements. They are distributed throughout the Amazon basin, especially concentrated along its major rivers. In the region of La Pedrera, on the Caquetá (Japurá) River in Colombian Amazonia, archaeological studies have demonstrated the presence of these fertile soils extending over areas of 3 to 5 hectares with an anthropic horizon that varies from 70 cm to 1.2 m in depth. Associated with the sites are faunal remains from fish, turtles, and small rodents, as well as a high density of ceramic fragments and botanical remains, including phytoliths, charcoal, …


Amazonian Maize: Diversity, Spatial Distribution And Historical-Cultural Diffusion, Fábio O. Freitas, Patricia G. Bustamante Jan 2013

Amazonian Maize: Diversity, Spatial Distribution And Historical-Cultural Diffusion, Fábio O. Freitas, Patricia G. Bustamante

Tipití: Journal of the Society for the Anthropology of Lowland South America

Subsistence is one of the factors that determined the presence or migration of prehistoric human populations. At the same time, humans were largely responsible for the dissemination of important crop plants such as maize (Zea mays). Maize is the major domesticated species in the New World, with thousands of landraces that were shaped by environment and human culture. Genetic analyses of archaeological and indigenous maize samples were used to verify the occurrence in South America of at least two major introductory waves of distinct races of maize from its center of origin in Mexico. The first occurred around 5000 years …


Some Current Topics In Plant Domestication: An Overview With Particular Reference To Amazonia, Barbara Pickersgill Jan 2013

Some Current Topics In Plant Domestication: An Overview With Particular Reference To Amazonia, Barbara Pickersgill

Tipití: Journal of the Society for the Anthropology of Lowland South America

Amazonia offers some striking contrasts to better-known regions of the world, notably the Middle East, in which plants were domesticated. These contrasts are pertinent to attempts to formulate general principles of evolution under domestication, particularly now that some of these are being critically reexamined. Topics covered in this paper include a generally applicable definition of plant domestication; how domestication may be recognised archaeobotanically; the relative roles of conscious and unconscious human selection; when and how rapidly domestication occurred; whether the same crop was domesticated more than once; and where a crop was domesticated. The archaeobotanical record for Amazonia and the …