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An ecological perspective of socioterritorial organization among the Teheulche in the ninteenth century

peasants, primitives, and proletariats : the struggle for identity in south americaThe Hague • Published In 1979 • Pages: 75-105

By: Williams, E. Glynn.

Abstract
This paper reinvestigates the socioterritorial organization of the Tehuelche Indians by using ecological perspectives. It concludes that Tehuelche soceity was divided into six major unitw which in turn consisted of about for small bands numering about seventy. Tehuelche bands were led by hereditary <native>caciques</native> but their membership was extremely fluid.
Subjects
Fauna
Flora
Historical reconstruction
Acculturation and culture contact
Annual cycle
Collecting
Fowling
Hunting and trapping
Animal by-products
Preservation and storage of food
Diet
Land use
Water supply
Environmental quality
Settlement patterns
Weapons
Real property
Acquisition and relinquishment of property
External trade
Labor and leisure
Division of labor by gender
Occupational specialization
Travel
Routes
Animal transport
Verbal arts
Status, role, and prestige
Accumulation of wealth
Ethnic stratification
Social relationships and groups
Regulation of marriage
Household
Kinship terminology
Lineages
Community structure
Community heads
Inter-community relations
Inter-ethnic relations
External relations
Public welfare
Aftermath of combat
Alcoholism and drug addiction
Poverty
Ritual
Ethnozoology
Ethnosociology
Status and treatment of the aged
culture
Tehuelche
HRAF PubDate
2000
Region
South America
Sub Region
Southern South America
Document Type
essay
Evaluation
Creator Type
Ethnologist
Document Rating
5: Excellent Primary Data
Analyst
Teferi Abate Adem; 2006
Field Date
no date
Coverage Date
1670-1968
Coverage Place
Argentina
Notes
E. Glynn Williams
Includes bibliographical references (p. 101-105)
LCCN
81150227
LCSH
Tehuelche Indians