Book

Changing adaptive strategies among the Saraguros of southern Ecuador

University Microfilms InternationalAnn Arbor, Mich. • Published In 2007 • Pages:

By: Belote, James.

Abstract
This dissertation is a study of the changing adaptive strategies of the Saraguro indigenes who live in the southern Ecuadorian provinces of Loja and Zamora-Chinchipe. The study is divided into three major parts. Part I basically provides background information on the highland region; geography, the human setting, cultural history and prehistory. Part II, titled 'the highland adaptation' is basically an analysis of the Saraguro economy. Part III ('the lowland adaptation'), describes the migration of a portion of the highland people into the Yacuambi Valley and their cultural and economic adaptation to living conditions in this lowland region.
Subjects
Pastoral activities
Buying and selling
Cereal agriculture
Diet
Dwellings
Geography
Kin relationships
Rule of descent
History
Real property
External migration
Settlement patterns
culture
Saraguro Quichua
HRAF PubDate
2010
Region
South America
Sub Region
Central Andes
Document Type
Book
Evaluation
Creator Type
Ethnologist
Document Rating
5: Excellent Primary Data
Analyst
John Beierle; 2010
Field Date
1970-1971
Coverage Date
2000 BC-1980 AD
Coverage Place
Saraguro Canton, Loja Province, and Yacuambi river valley, Zamora-Chinchipe Province, Ecuador
Notes
James Dalby Belote
UM 8422019
Includes bibliographical references (p. 320-345)
Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Illinois, Champaign-Urbana, 1984
LCSH
Quechua Indians