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Yanomamö warfare, social organization and marriage alliancesBook 1967 • Chagnon, Napoleon A.
Yanoama • South America > Amazon and Orinoco
In this study, Chagnon found that a situation of extreme aggression characterized intra-tribal relations among the Yanoama of the Mavaca Basin of Venezuela. Among these Yanoama Indians villages split frequently due to conflicts between residents. War...Ya̦nomamö, the fierce peopleBook 1968 • Chagnon, Napoleon A.
Yanoama • South America > Amazon and Orinoco
The Yanoama in the tropical forest between the Rio Negro and the Orinoco, live on the cultivation of various food plants, of which plantains are of major importance. This book describes Yanoama society as characterized by a state of chronic warfare t...