Book
Developmental sequences in Amahuaca society
Univ. Microfilms International • • Published In 2014 • Pages:
By: Woodside, John Holt.
Abstract
This is a basic monograph on Amahuaca society and culture. It focuses on cognitive development employing criteria from Jean Piaget's structural psychology, with a critique of early anthropological writings that argue for the limitations of primitive mentality. Observing Amahuaca children at play, the author finds they are capable of various cognitive operations, including classification, numeration, conservation of length, and causality. Examining adult knowledge of astronomy, which is used to forecast weather and govern the agricultural cycle, the author concludes that the Amahuaca temporal system follows Piaget's logic of the concept of time.
- Region
- South America
- Sub Region
- Amazon and Orinoco
- Document Type
- Book
- Evaluation
- Creator Type
- Ethnologist
- Document Rating
- 4: Excellent Secondary Data
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- Analyst
- Ian Skoggard; 2019
- Field Date
- 1974-1977
- Coverage Date
- 1974-1977
- Coverage Place
- Atalaya, Ucayali, Peru
- Notes
- By John Holt Woodside
- Proquest number: UM 8109532
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 400-410)
- Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Minnesota, 1980
- LCSH
- Amahuaca Indians