Tribal and Chiefly Warfare in South America /

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"Preparations, organization, weapons, strategies, rituals, and mortuary treatments associated with warfare among contemporary Jivaro and Yanomamo, and among contact-period Colombian and Panamanian chiefdoms, provide criteria for differentiating tribal and chiefdom levels; these are evaluated us...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Redmond, Elsa M.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Ann Arbor : Museum of Anthropology, University of Michigan, 1994.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Kriegführung
Etnoarcheologie.
Indianen.
Oorlogvoering.
Yanomamo Indians > Warfare.
Shuar Indians > Warfare.
Indians of South America > Warfare.
Chiefdoms.
Antiquities.
Chiefdoms > South America.
Indianer.
Südamerika
South America.
South America > Antiquities.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
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Summary:"Preparations, organization, weapons, strategies, rituals, and mortuary treatments associated with warfare among contemporary Jivaro and Yanomamo, and among contact-period Colombian and Panamanian chiefdoms, provide criteria for differentiating tribal and chiefdom levels; these are evaluated using archaeological data from various regions and periods"--Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 57.
Physical Description:1 online resource (160 pages): illustrations, maps.
ISBN:9781951519988

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