Nukak : ethnoarcheology of an Amazonian people / Gustavo G. Politis ; translated by Benjamin Alberti.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Politis, Gustavo.

Series:

Publications of the Institute of Archaeology, University College London.

Publications of the Institute of Archaeology, University College London

Standardized Title:

Nukak. English

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Nukak Indians--Social life and customs.

Nukak Indians.

Colombia--History.

Colombia.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (414 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Walnut Creek, CA : Left Coast Press, c2007.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

From Gustavo Politis, one of the most renowned South American archaeologists, comes the first in-depth study in English of the last "undiscovered" people of the Amazon. His work is groundbreaking and urgent, both because of encroaching guerrilla violence that makes Nukak existence perilously fragile, and because his work with the Nukak represented one of the last opportunities to conduct research with hunter-gatherers using contemporary methodological and the theoretical tools. Through a rich and comprehensive ethno-archaeological portrait of material culture "in the making," this work ma

Contents:

CONTENTS; Preface; Acknowledgments; Illustrations; Tables; 1. Introduction; 2. Theory and Methods: Ethics and Techniques; 3. Sociopolitical Organization and Cosmology; 4. Shelters and Camps; 5. The Use of Space and Discard Patterns; 6. Residential and Logistical Mobility: Daily Foraging Trips; 7. Traditional Technology; 8. Subsistence; 9. Animal Exploitation, Processing, and Discard; 10. Final Considerations; Appendix I. Sample of Daily Foraging Trips; Appendix II. Patterns of Bone Representation and Surface Bone Modification Caused; Bibliography; Index; About the Author

Notes:

First published 2007 by Left Coast Press, Inc.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [377]-405) and index.

Description based on metadata supplied by the publisher and other sources.

ISBN:

1-315-42339-1

1-315-42340-5

1-315-42341-3

1-59874-730-4

9781315423418

OCLC:

647914847