Book
Amazon economics: the simplicity of Shipibo Indian wealth
Published for Dept. of Geography, Syracuse University by University Microfilms International • (6) • Published In 1980 • Pages: xxi, 249
By: Bergman, Roland W..
Abstract
This is a careful quantitative analysis of the Shipibo mixed subsistence economy. The Shipibo cultivate swiddens, hunt, and fish. They also sell embroidered shirts, jute, and work to raise cash. Bergman shows that the Shipipo do very well for themselves adapting to the annual flooding of the Ucayalí River, a tributary of the Amazon, by growing their staples of bananas, manioc, and corn in different kinds of terrain. Fish are the main source of protein and hunting is partly an adventure. Time allotment and nutritional data shows that the Shipipo are more affluent than the more famous !Kung San of Botswana, Africa.
- HRAF PubDate
- 2002
- 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 ; 2001
- Field Date
- 1970-1972
- Coverage Date
- 1970-1972
- Coverage Place
- Panaillo, Ucayalí, Peru
- Notes
- Roland W. Bergman
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 237-243) and index
- LCCN
- 80020198
- LCSH
- Shipibo-Conibo Indians