Book
Amazon economics: the simplicity of Shipibo Indian wealth
Published for Dept. of Geography, Syracuse University by University Microfilms International • (6) • Published In 1980 • Pages: xxi, 249
By: Bergman, Roland W..
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This is a careful quantitative analysis of the Shipibo mixed subsistence economy. The Shipibo cultivate swiddens, hunt, and fish. They also sell embroidered shirts, jute, and work to raise cash. Bergman shows that the Shipipo do very well for themselves adapting to the annual flooding of the Ucayalí River, a tributary of the Amazon, by growing their staples of bananas, manioc, and corn in different kinds of terrain. Fish are the main source of protein and hunting is partly an adventure. Time allotment and nutritional data shows that the Shipipo are more affluent than the more famous !Kung San of Botswana, Africa.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Topography and geology
- Food quest
- Agriculture
- Food preparation
- Diet
- Dwellings
- Production and supply
- Labor and leisure
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Shipibo
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2002
- 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
- Book
- Evaluation
- Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Ethnologist
- 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.
- 4: Excellent Secondary Data
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- Ian Skoggard ; 2001
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1970-1972
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1970-1972
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Panaillo, Ucayalí, Peru
- NotesAdditional notes
- Roland W. Bergman
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 237-243) and index
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 80020198
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Shipibo-Conibo Indians