Material Not Relevant

Social Control

Sanctions

Status, Role, and Prestige

Sorcery

Shamans and Psychotherapists

Sacred Objects and Places

Organization and Analysis of Results

Population

Composition of Population

Rest Days and Holidays

Visiting and Hospitality

Organized Ceremonial

Cordage

Woven and Other Interworked Fabrics

Normal Garb

Division of Labor by Gender

Household

Polygamy

Extended Families

Bibliographies in Sources

Glossary

History

Kin Relationships

Kindreds and Ramages

Secondary Marriages

Social Readjustments to Death

Cannibalism

Military Organization

Instigation of War

Warfare

Aftermath of Combat

Animism

Spirits and Gods

Revelation and Divination

Mats and Basketry

Ceramic Technology

Weapons

Exchange Transactions

Music

Musical Instruments

Acculturation and Culture Contact

Internal Trade

General Character of Religion

Speech

Linguistic Identification

Ingroup Antagonisms

Informal in-Group Justice

Offenses Against Life

Priesthood

Mode of Marriage

Arranging a Marriage

Nuptials

Location

Settlement Patterns

Collecting

Hunting and Trapping

Fishing

Domesticated Animals

Tillage

Inheritance

Identification

Kinship Terminology

External Trade

External Relations

Burial Practices and Funerals

Eschatology

Ethnozoology

Regulation of Marriage

Tribe and Nation

Community Structure

Inter-Community Relations

Techniques of Socialization

Transmission of Skills

Puberty and Initiation

Dwellings

Real Property

Recreational and Non-Therapeutic Drugs

Theory of Disease

Magical and Mental Therapy

Medical Therapy

CULTURE SUMMARY: JIVARO

ETHNONYMS

SUBGROUPS

ORIENTATION

HISTORY AND CULTURAL RELATIONS

SETTLEMENTS

ECONOMY

KINSHIP

MARRIAGE AND FAMILY

SOCIOPOLITICAL ORGANIZATION

RELIGION AND EXPRESSIVE CULTURE

SYNOPSIS

INDEXING NOTES

SOCIAL ORGANIZATION

POLITICAL ORGANIZATION

SOCIAL CONTROL

CONFLICT

RELIGIOUS BELIEFS

RELIGIOUS PRACTITIONERS

CEREMONIES

ARTS

MEDICINE

DEATH AND AFTERLIFE

IDENTIFICATION AND LOCATION

DEMOGRAPHY

LINGUISTIC AFFILIATION

SUBSISTENCE

COMMERCIAL ACTIVITIES

INDUSTRIAL ACTIVITIES

TRADE

DIVISION OF LABOR

LAND TENURE

KIN GROUPS AND DESCENT

KINSHIP TERMINOLOGY

MARRIAGE

DOMESTIC UNIT

INHERITANCE

SOCIALIZATION

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The Jivaro are a horticultural people living in the heavily forested foothills of the Andes in Peru and Ecuador. A successful rebellion against the Spanish in 1599 preserved their autonomy until the late 19th century. Four main groups include the Shuar, Huambisa, Aguaruna, and Achuara.

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