Chorote

South Americahunter-gatherers
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The Matacoan-speaking Chorote of the border area of northern Argentina and western Paraguay once ranged farther into the Chaco region of Argentina and Bolivia. Traditionally semisedentary to nomadic, they relied on hunting and gathering, supplemented by fishing and horticulture, and were middlemen in trade with the nearby Andes; in the modern market economy they have become settled farmers and wage laborers. Traditionally organized by age-grades, the Chorote were fundamentally egalitarian, though with hereditary local or band leaders and provisional supralocal leaders in times of conflict.

Identifier
Region
  • South America
Subregion
  • Southern South America
Subsistence Type
  • hunter-gatherers
Samples
Countries
  • Argentina
  • Bolivia
  • Paraguay
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