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The Pano-speaking Amahuaca live in the upper Ucayali River area of eastern lowland Peru. They sustain themselves by hunting, gathering, horticulture, and fishing. In the past, Amahuaca men worked as rubber tappers and for oil companies. The Amahuaca live in small autonomous villages united by kinship, marriage, and joint cooperative practices. They believe in animal and plant spirits of a generally malevolent nature.

The Amahuaca Indians of eastern Peru

Shifting cultivation among the Amahuaca of eastern Peru

The Amahuaca and the spirit world

Hunting and hunting magic among the Amahuaca of the Peruvian montaña

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The marriages of Pacho

Endocannibalism among the Amahuaca Indians

Pattern and variation in Amahuaca kin terminology

Developmental sequences in Amahuaca society

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Author	Title	Publication Date
Carneiro, Robert L. (Robert Leonard)	The Amahuaca Indians of eastern Peru	1962
Carneiro, Robert L. (Robert Leonard)	Shifting cultivation among the Amahuaca of eastern Peru	1964
Carneiro, Robert L. (Robert Leonard)	The Amahuaca and the spirit world	1964
Carneiro, Robert L. (Robert Leonard)	Hunting and hunting magic among the Amahuaca of the Peruvian montaña	1970
Dole, Gertrude Evelyn	Culture Summary	2020
Dole, Gertrude Evelyn	The marriages of Pacho	1974
Dole, Gertrude Evelyn	Endocannibalism among the Amahuaca Indians	1962
Dole, Gertrude Evelyn	Pattern and variation in Amahuaca kin terminology	1979
Woodside, John Holt	Developmental sequences in Amahuaca society	2014

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