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Full-Text Articles in Anthropology
The Enigma Of The Great Cities: Body And State In Amazonia, Michael J. Heckenberger
The Enigma Of The Great Cities: Body And State In Amazonia, Michael J. Heckenberger
Tipití: Journal of the Society for the Anthropology of Lowland South America
This paper discusses issues of political power in Amazonia, particularly with regard to traditional definitions of the State, in general, and the body or person in Amazonia. Using the historical ethnography of the Upper Xingu region of southern Amazonia as a point of departure, issues of inequality, hierarchy, and social complexity are briefly discussed. Specifically, it is suggested that Xinguano cultural patterns, considered over the long term (circa 800 C.E.–present), show evidence of social hierarchy and regional organization considered characteristic of so-called complex societies elsewhere. As is true in many ancient states and chiefdoms, power is based on strategic control …
The Birds Of Ecuador: Status, Taxonomy, And Distribution. Volume I. The Birds Of Ecuador: Field Guide. Volume Ii, Peter Yaukey
The Birds Of Ecuador: Status, Taxonomy, And Distribution. Volume I. The Birds Of Ecuador: Field Guide. Volume Ii, Peter Yaukey
Tipití: Journal of the Society for the Anthropology of Lowland South America
Book review of:
The Birds of Ecuador: Status, Taxonomy, and Distribution. Volume I. Robert S. Ridgeley and Paul J. Greenfield (with the collaboration of Mark B. Robbins and Paul J. Greenfield). Ithaca: Cornell University Press (Comstock), 2001. xvii + 848 pp., foreword, bibliography, indexes. ISBN 0-8014-8720-X.
The Birds of Ecuador: Field Guide. Volume II. Robert S. Ridgeley and Paul J. Greenfield (with the collaboration of Paul Coopmans, and in association with The Academy of Natural Sciences). Ithaca: Cornell University Press (Comstock), 2001. xvii + 740 pp., foreword, bibliography, indexes, color plates. ISBN 0-8014-8721-8.
Viviendo Bien: Genero Y Fertilidad Entre Los Airo-Pai De La Amazonia Peruana, Steven Romanoff
Viviendo Bien: Genero Y Fertilidad Entre Los Airo-Pai De La Amazonia Peruana, Steven Romanoff
Tipití: Journal of the Society for the Anthropology of Lowland South America
Various book reviews:
Viviendo Bien: Genero y Fertilidad entre los Airo-Pai de la Amazonia Peruana [Living Well: Gender and Fertility among the Airo-Pai of the Peruvian Amazon]. Luisa Elva Belaunde. Lima: Centro Amazónico de Antropología y Aplicación Práctica and Banco Central de Reserva del Perú, Fondo Editorial, 2001. 268 pp. ISBN: 9972-608-13-1.
Ver, Saber, Poder: Chamanismo de los Yagua de la Amazonía Peruana [Vision, Knowledge, Power: Shamanism of the Yagua of the Peruvian Amazon]. Jean- Pierre Chaumeil. Lima, Peru: Centro Amazónico de Antropología y Aplicación Práctica; Instituto Francés de Estudios Andinos (IFEA); Centro Argentino de Etnología Americana (CAEA-CONIDET), 1998. …