Trekking Through History : : The Huaorani of Amazonian Ecuador / / Laura Rival.
The Huaorani of Ecuador lived as hunters and gatherers in the Amazonian rainforest for hundred of years, largely undisturbed by western civilization. Since their first encounter with North American missionaries in 1956, they have held a special place in journalistic and popular imagination as "...
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Place / Publishing House: | New York, NY : : Columbia University Press, , [2002] ©2002 |
Year of Publication: | 2002 |
Language: | English |
Series: | Historical Ecology Series
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Physical Description: | 1 online resource (256 p.) :; ‹B›Color Illus.: ‹/B›12. |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Illustrations and Tables
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Note on Orthography
- 1 Trekking in Amazonia
- 2. The Upper Amazon from Omagua Expansion to Zaparo Collapse
- 3. The Time and Space of Huaorani Nomadic Isolationism
- 4. Harvesting the Forest's Natural Abundance
- 5. Coming Back to the Longhouse
- 6. Eëmë Festivals: Ceremonial Increase and Marriage Alliance
- 7. Schools in the Rain Forest
- 8. Prey at the Center
- Notes
- References
- Index