The Ecology of Power Culture, Place and Personhood in the Southern Amazon, AD 1000–2000

In 1884 a community of Brazilians was "discovered" by the Western world. The Ecology of Power examines these indigenous people from the Upper Xingu region, a group who even today are one of the strongest examples of long-term cultural continuity. Drawing upon written and oral history, ethn...

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1. Verfasser: Heckenberger, Michael J.
Format: E-Book Buch
Sprache:Englisch
Veröffentlicht: New York Routledge 2005
Taylor and Francis
Taylor & Francis Group
Ausgabe:1
Schriftenreihe:Critical perspectives in identity, memory, and the built environment
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Amazon
Anthropology - Soc Sci
Archaeology
Brazil
Brazil - History - Empire, 1822-1889
Chiefdom
Chiefdoms
Chiefdoms > Brazil > Xingu River Valley
Colonization
Culture
Ecology
History
Indians of South America
Indians of South America > Brazil > Xingu River Valley > History
Indians of South America > Brazil > Xingu River Valley > Social life and customs
Indians of South America > First contact with Europeans > Brazil > Xingu River Valley
Indigenous peoples
Indigenous populations
Place
Power
South Amerindians
Xingu River Valley (Brazil) > Colonization
Xingu River Valley (Brazil) > History
Xingu River Valley (Brazil) > Social life and customs
Yesterday’s Persons
Manioc Flour
Galactic Polities
Mortuary Feast
Social Reproduction
Llanos De Mojos
Kuikuru Village
Southern Amazonia
Manioc Garden
Arawak Peoples
Karl Von Den Steinen
Circular Plaza
Young Men
Plaza Villages
Arawak Groups
Galactic Cluster
Ancient Village Site
Dark Earth
Xinguano Peoples
Western Complex
Central Plaza
Eastern Complex
Late Prehistoric
Arawak Diaspora
Central Brazilian Plateau
ISBN:0415945992, 0415945984, 9780415945981, 9780415945998
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Inhaltsangabe:
  • Book Cover -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Preface -- Illustrations -- CHAPTER 1 Introduction -- PART I Visualizing Deep Temporality -- CHAPTER 2 Culture and History: The Longue Durée -- CHAPTER 3 Traces of Ancient Times -- CHAPTER 4 Social Dynamics Before Europe -- CHAPTER 5 In the Shadow of Empire: Colonialism and Ethnogenesis -- PART II Body, Memory, and History -- CHAPTER 6 Landscape and Livelihood: The Ethos of Settled Village Life -- CHAPTER 7 In the Midst of Others: Landscapes of Memory -- CHAPTER 8 Houses, Heroes, and History: The Fractal Person -- CHAPTER 9 The Symbolic Economy of Power: Plazas as Persons -- CHAPTER 10 Conclusion: The Pedigree of a Contradiction -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Orthography and Glossary of Indigenous Terms -- Index