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Real toads in imaginary gardens: Aspelin vs. Lévi-Strauss on Nambiquara nomadism
Bijdragen tot de taal-, land- en volkenkunde • 134 • Published In 1978 • Pages: 149-161
By: Price, David, Lévi-Strauss, Claude, Aspelin, Paul Leslie.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This article revisits the controversy between Levi-Strauss and David Aspelin on dynamics of subsitence and settlment among the Nambiquara of Brazil. The author takes side with Aspelin to argue that Levi-Strauss's description underestimates the role of agriculture in Nambiquara culture and society.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Tillage
- Exploitative activities
- Settlement patterns
- Inter-community relations
- Diet
- Arboriculture
- Vegetable production
- Annual cycle
- Dwellings
- Community structure
- 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
- 1967-1970, 1973-1976
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1900-1978
- 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
- P. David Price
- Comments by Lévi-Strauss p. 156-158
- Comments by Aspelin p. 158-161
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 155-156)
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- sn 86000287
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Nambicuara Indians