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Record Nr.

UNINA9910818513003321

Autore

Posey Darrell Addison <1947, >

Titolo

Kayapo ethnoecology and culture / / Darrell A. Posey ; edited by Kristina Plenderleith

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2002

ISBN

1-134-47141-6

1-134-47142-4

0-415-75378-3

1-280-09855-4

0-203-22019-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (304 p.)

Collana

Studies in environmental anthropology ; ; v. 6

Altri autori (Persone)

PlenderleithKristina <1944->

Disciplina

306.08998

630/.89/984

982

Soggetti

Cayapo Indians - Ethnobotany

Cayapo Indians - Ethnobiology

Cayapo Indians - Agriculture

Indigenous peoples - Ecology - Brazil - Gorotire

Gorotire (Brazil) Social life and customs

Gorotire (Brazil) Environmental conditions

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [262]-279) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Book Cover; Title; Contents; List of figures; List of tables; Preface; Foreword; Acknowledgements; Kayap history and culture; The science of the Mbngkre; Contact before contact: typology of post-Colombian  interaction with the Northern Kayap of the Amazon; Environmental and social implications of pre- and  post-contact situations on Brazilian Indians; Time, space, and the interface of divergent cultures:  the Kayap Indians of the Amazon face the future; The Kayap origin of night; The journey to become a shaman: a narrative of  sacred transition of the Kayap Indians of Brazil

Ethnobiology and the Kayap ProjectReport from Gorotire: will Kayap traditions survive?; Indigenous knowledge and development: an



ideological  bridge to the future; Wasps, warriors and fearless men: ethnoentomology of  the Kayap Indians of Central Brazil; Hierarchy and utility in a folk biological taxonomic  system: patterns in classification of arthropods by the  Kayap Indians of Brazil; Additional notes on the classification and knowledge of  stingless bees (Meliponinae, Apidae, Hymenoptera) by  the Kayap Indians of Gorotire, Par, Brazil  with

Keeping of stingless bees by the Kayap Indians of BrazilEthnopharmacological search for antiviral compounds:  treatment of gastrointestinal disorders by Kayap  medical specialists  with; Use of contraceptive and related plants by the Kayap  Indians (Brazil)  with; Kayap land management; Preliminary results on soil management techniques of  the Kayap Indians  with; Indigenous soil management in the Latin American  tropics: some implications of ethnopedology for the  Amazon Basin  with; The keepers of the forest

Indigenous management of tropical forest ecosystems:  the case of the Kayap Indians of the Brazilian AmazonThe continuum of Kayap resource management; Continuing adaptation by the Kayap; From warclubs to words; The Kayap Indian protests against Amazonian dams:  successes, alliances, and unending battles; Appendix: management of a tropical scrub savanna by  the Gorotire Kayap of Brazil; Notes; Glossary; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Darrell A Posey died in March 2001 after a long and distinguished career in anthropology and ecology. Kayapó Ethnoecology and Culture presents a selection of his writings that result from 25 years of work with the Kayapó Indians of the Amazon Basin. These writings describe the dispersal of the Kayapó sub-groups and explain how with this diaspora useful biological species and natural resource management strategies also spread. However the Kayapó are threatened with extinction like many of the inhabitants of the Amazon basin. The author is adamant that it is no longer satisfactory for s