Book
Developmental sequences in Amahuaca society
Univ. Microfilms International • • Published In 2014 • Pages:
By: Woodside, John Holt.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This is a basic monograph on Amahuaca society and culture. It focuses on cognitive development employing criteria from Jean Piaget's structural psychology, with a critique of early anthropological writings that argue for the limitations of primitive mentality. Observing Amahuaca children at play, the author finds they are capable of various cognitive operations, including classification, numeration, conservation of length, and causality. Examining adult knowledge of astronomy, which is used to forecast weather and govern the agricultural cycle, the author concludes that the Amahuaca temporal system follows Piaget's logic of the concept of time.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Acculturation and culture contact
- Hunting and trapping
- Tillage
- Gift giving
- Division of labor by gender
- Regulation of marriage
- Visiting and hospitality
- Residence
- Household
- Family relationships
- Extended families
- Numeration
- Mathematics
- Weights and measures
- Ordering of time
- Ethnometeorology
- Development and maturation
- Childhood activities
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Amahuaca
- RegionThe area the document pertains to
- South America
- Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
- Amazon and Orinoco
- Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
- Book
- Evaluation
- Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Ethnologist
- Document Rating A ranking done by HRAF anthropologists based on the strength of the source material on a scale of 1 to 5, as follows: 1 - poor; 2 - fair; 3 - good, useful data, but not uniformly excellent; 4 - excellent secondary data; 5 - excellent primary data.
- 4: Excellent Secondary Data
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- Ian Skoggard; 2019
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1974-1977
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1974-1977
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Atalaya, Ucayali, Peru
- NotesAdditional notes
- By John Holt Woodside
- Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Minnesota, 1980
- Proquest number: UM 8109532
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 400-410)
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Amahuaca Indians