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Tapirs, tractors, and tapes: The changing economy and ecology of the Xavánte Indians of central Brazil
Human ecology • 25 (4) • Published In 1997 • Pages: 545-566
By: Santos, Ricardo Ventura, Flowers, Nancy May, Coimbra Junior, Carlos Everaldo Alvares, Gugelmin, Sílvia Angela.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This article revisits an earlier study of ecological variables and socioeconomic change, in which a Xavante community’s involvement in market-related activities was attributed to the combined effects of land scarcity, environmental degradation, and rising food prices. Drawing on updated economic data, the present study argues that greater involvement in wage work and other market-driven activities in the late 1970s and 1980s was largely attributable to government-imposed mechanized rice farming, supported by observation of how, when the rice project collapsed in the early 1990s, the community returned to a more traditional economy based on hunting, gathering, and swidden agriculture.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Tillage
- Cereal agriculture
- Acculturation and culture contact
- Functional and adaptational interpretations
- Research and development
- Buying and selling
- Public welfare
- Administrative agencies
- Real property
- Acquisition and relinquishment of property
- Environmental quality
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Xavante
- RegionThe area the document pertains to
- South America
- Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
- Eastern South America
- 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; 2015
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1976-1977, 1994
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1976-1994
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Pimentel Barbosa reservation, Mato Grosso, Brazil
- NotesAdditional notes
- Ricardo V. Santos, Nancy M. Flowers, Carols E. A. Coimbra, Jr., and Sílvia A. Gugelmin
- Includes bibliographical references (p.564-566)
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 72623826
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Xavante Indians