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Contribution to Andean folklorearticle 1934 • Métraux, Alfred & Reynolds, Priscilla
Aymara • South America > Central Andes
This monograph is on religious practices and beliefs of the Aymara in the province of Carangas, Bolivia. After four centuries of European-Indian contacts the Aymara showed Christian influence, but, according to Métraux, still retained many native rel...Contribution to the ethnography and linguistics of the Uro Indians of Ancoaqui (Bolivia)article 1935 • Métraux, Alfred & Reynolds, Priscilla
Uru-Chipaya • South America > Central Andes
This source presents a succinct account of the material culture, social organization and religion of an Uru community of Ancoaqui (Iru-Itu) on the banks of the Desaguadero River, some twenty-five kilometers south of the Bolivian port of Guaqui. The a...The Uru-Chipaya Indians of Carangasarticle 1935 • Métraux, Alfred & Reynolds, Priscilla
Uru-Chipaya • South America > Central Andes
This is a basic source on the ethnography and language of the Chipaya segment of the Uru-Chipaya ethnolinguistic group of Atahuallpa (formerly Carangas) province, Oruro department. The monograph focuses upon religion, material culture (including the ...Contribution to the study of the Yaruro Indians (Venezuela)article 1966 • Le Besnerais, Henri & Reynolds, Priscilla
Pumé • South America > Amazon and Orinoco
This source presents some brief notes on the territory occupied by the Yaruro, and various surrounding tribes with whom they come in contact, principally the Cuiba (Jirajara), the Guahibo, Chiricoa and Amburua. More extensive notes and tables are the...Contribution to the study of the Yaruro and Otomac Indians (Venezuela)article 1966 • Le Besnerais, Henri & Reynolds, Priscilla
Pumé • South America > Amazon and Orinoco
Although the first two parts of this source, entitled respectively 'Notes on the origins, way of life, and history of the Yaruro' (dealing primarily with inferences made by other authors regarding Yaruro subsistence and agriculture), and 'Notes on th...Contribution to the study of the Uru or Kot'suñ Indiansarticle 1949 • Vellard, Jehan A. (Jehan Albert) & Reynolds, Priscilla
Uru-Chipaya • South America > Central Andes
This important, though limited, source is the first of a series of articles by Vellard and his associates resulting from a long range, multi-disciplinary research project centering upon the Lake Titicaca region of the Andes. A significant part of the...