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Nambicuara economic dualism: Lévi-Strauss in the garden, once again

Bijdragen tot de taal-, land- en volkenkunde132Published In 1976 • Pages: 1-32

By: Aspelin, Paul Leslie, Lévi-Strauss, Claude.

AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This article discuss the dynamics of agriculture, seasonality and settlement patterns among the Nambicuara of Brazil. The author strongly disagrees with Levi-Straus who, based on brief fieldwork conducted in 1938, described the Nambicuara as nomadic people primarily subsisting on gathering and hunting and only secondarily on cultivation.
SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
Settlement patterns
Annual cycle
Tillage
Vegetable production
Arboriculture
Land use
Dwellings
Community structure
Travel
Acculturation and culture contact
Research and development
Sociocultural trends
cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
Nambicuara
HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
2010
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
article
Evaluation
Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
Anthropologist
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.
5: Excellent Primary Data
AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
Teferi Abate Adem; 2008
Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
1968-1971
Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
1900-1976
Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
Mato Grosso and southern Rondonia states, Brazil
NotesAdditional notes
Paul L. Aspelin
Comments by Lévi-Strauss p. 31-32
Includes bibliographical references (p. 30-31)
LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
sn 86000287
LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
Nambicuara Indians