Status, Role, and Prestige

Community Heads

Congregations

Reviews and Critiques

Organization and Analysis of Results

History

Territorial Hierarchy

Chief Executive

Topography and Geology

Life and Death

Dying

Burial Practices and Funerals

Mourning

Eschatology

Magicians and Diviners

Organized Ceremonial

External Migration

Production and Supply

Exchange Transactions

Marketing

Labor Supply and Employment

Prehistory

Cannibalism

Weapons

Division of Labor by Gender

Military Organization

Instigation of War

Tactics

Aftermath of Combat

Gender Roles and Issues

Lineages

Clans

Moieties

Community Structure

Community Councils

Sorcery

Magical and Mental Therapy

Spirits and Gods

Missions

Classes

Bibliographies in Sources

Material Not Relevant

Lithic Industries

General Tools

Utensils

Property System

Credit

Ownership and Control of Capital

Serfdom and Peonage

Mats and Basketry

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Visual Arts

Leather, Textiles, and Fabrics

Processing of Basic Materials

Cultural Participation

Ethnic Stratification

Multi-Ethnic Community Relations

Districts

Population

External Relations

Disasters

Acculturation and Culture Contact

Woven and Other Interworked Fabrics

Special Garments

Ceramic Technology

Paint and Dye Manufacture

Preventive Medicine

Animism

Identification

Location

Woodworking

External Trade

Glossary

Linguistic Identification

Accumulation of Wealth

Manipulative Mobility

Real Property

Residence

Household

Extended Families

Sociocultural Trends

Social Relationships and Groups

Artificial Kin Relationships

Kinship Terminology

Adolescence, Adulthood, and Old Age

Heating and Lighting Equipment

Mining and Quarrying

Metallurgy

Fishing

Domesticated Animals

Tillage

Historical Reconstruction

Internal Trade

Occupational Specialization

Revelation and Divination

Magic

Cultural Identity and Pride

Brawls, Riots, and Banditry

Tribe and Nation

Inter-Community Relations

Inheritance

Gender Status

Regulation of Marriage

Mode of Marriage

Arranging a Marriage

Abortion and Infanticide

Adulthood

Termination of Marriage

Secondary Marriages

CULTURE SUMMARY: AYMARA

ETHNONYMS

ORIENTATION

HISTORY AND CULTURAL RELATIONS

ECONOMY

KINSHIP

MARRIAGE AND FAMILY

SOCIOPOLITICAL ORGANIZATION

RELIGIOUS AND EXPRESSIVE CULTURE

SYNOPSIS

INDEXING NOTES

IDENTIFICATION AND LOCATION

DEMOGRAPHY

LINGUISTIC AFFILIATION

SUBSISTENCE

COMMERCIAL ACTIVITIES

INDUSTRIAL ARTS

TRADE

LAND TENURE

KIN GROUPS AND DESCENT

KINSHIP TERMINOLOGY

MARRIAGE

DOMESTIC UNIT

POLITICAL ORGANIZATION

CONFLICT

RELIGIOUS BELIEFS

ARTS

DEATH AND AFTERLIFE

BIBLIOGRAPHY

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The Aymara live in the Bolivian and Peruvian altiplano around Lake Titicaca. They make up a quarter of Bolivia's population. Their language is closely related to Quechua. The Aymara are primarily dependent on agriculture and secondarily on animal husbandry and fishing. The lineage or Ayllu is the basic kinship and political unit. Leadership is based on prestige gained through community service, sponsoring rituals, and specializing in magic.

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