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Author Beckerman, Stephen

Title The ecology of the Barí : rainforest horticulturalists of South America / Stephen Beckerman and Roberto Lizarralde
Published Austin : University of Texas Press, 2013

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Description 1 online resource
Contents Kinship Abbreviations -- Preface -- Introduction -- Physical Environment -- Social Environment and Ethnohistory -- Production -- Protection -- Reproduction -- Conclusions -- Appendix : Additional Data on Barí Horticulture
Summary This book is a study of the human ecology of the Barí, drawing on more than forty years of field research to examine relations with natural and social environments, reactions to depredations and warfare, and belief in the possibility that a child can have dual paternity
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes In English
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Subject Motilon Indians -- Agriculture -- Venezuela -- Maracaibo Basin
Motilon Indians -- Venezuela -- Maracaibo Basin -- Social conditions
Ethnoecology -- Venezuela -- Maracaibo Basin
Rain forest ecology -- Venezuela -- Maracaibo Basin
Traditional ecological knowledge -- Venezuela -- Maracaibo Basin
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Discrimination & Race Relations.
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Minority Studies.
NATURE -- Environmental Conservation & Protection.
Ecology
Ethnoecology
Manners and customs
Rain forest ecology
Traditional ecological knowledge
SUBJECT Maracaibo Basin (Venezuela) -- Environmental conditions
Maracaibo Basin (Venezuela) -- Social life and customs
Subject Venezuela -- Maracaibo Basin
Form Electronic book
Author Lizarralde, Roberto
ISBN 9780292748200
0292748205