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Yaruro incipient tropical forest horticulture:: possibilities and limits

evolution of horticultural systems in native South America: causes and consequences, a symposium (2)Published In 1961 • Pages: 13-46

By: Leeds, Anthony, Wilbert, Johannes.

AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This source is primarily concerned with the relationship between a specific ecological system and the resulting cultural pattern. The author uses the Yaruro of the central Cinaruco area to illustrate this relationship using the indigenous tropical forest horticulture system as the ecological framework. There is much material on the physical area inhabited by the Yaruro, their subsistence activities, technological advancement, land use; and the lack of occupational specialization, social stratification, warfare, etc., as a result of the relationship between habitat and cultural complexity.
SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
Vocabulary
Food quest
Domesticated animals
Tillage
Diet
Land use
Production and supply
Division of labor by gender
cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
Pumé
HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
2014
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
essay
Evaluation
Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
Ethnographer
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
Millicent Kim ; 1963
Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
1958
Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
1958
Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
Cinaruco river region, eastern Apure, Venezuela
NotesAdditional notes
Anthony Leeds
Includes bibliographical references (p. 44-46)
LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
78279678
LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
Yaruro Indians