UID:
almafu_9959695798902883
Format:
1 online resource (xiv, 1054 pages) :
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digital, PDF file(s).
ISBN:
1-139-05378-7
Series Statement:
The Cambridge history of the Native Peoples of the Americas
Content:
This volume, part of the Cambridge History of the Native Peoples of the Americas, is the first major survey of research on the indigenous peoples of South America from the earliest peopling of the continent to the present since Julian Steward's Handbook of South American Indians was published half a century ago. Although this volume concentrates on continental South America, peoples in the Caribbean and lower Central America who were linguistically or culturally connected are also discussed. This volume is an 'idea-oriented history', emphasizing the development of general themes instead of presenting every group and society. Indigenous peoples' own stories of the past are used as well as the standard accounts written by outsiders. Research is presented following regional and conceptual frameworks; some chapters overlap or present differing interpretations. The volume's emphasis is on self-perceptions of the indigenous peoples of South America at various times and under differing situations.
Note:
Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 18 Nov 2015).
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Introduction /
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Testimonies: the making and reading of native South American historical sources /
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Ethnography in South America: the first two hundred years /
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The earliest South American lifeways /
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The maritime, highland, forest dynamic and the origins of complex culture /
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The evolution of Andean diversity: regional formations (500 B.C.E.-C.E. 600) /
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Andean urbanism and statecraft, (C.E. 550-1450) /
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Chiefdoms: the prevalence and persistence of "Señoríos Naturales" 1400 to European conquest /
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Archaeology of the Caribbean region /
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Prehistory of the Southern Cone /
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The fourfold domain: Inka power and its social foundations /
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The crises and transformations of invaded societies: the Caribbean (1492-1580) /
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The crises and transformations of invaded societies: Andean area (1500-1580) /
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The crises and transformations of invaded societies: coastal Brazil in the sixteenth century /
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English
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0-521-63075-4
Language:
English
URL:
https://doi.org/10.1017/CHOL9780521630757
