The Aymará
Subtitle: Strategies in Human Adaptation to a Rigorous Environment (Studies in Human Biology)
Contributors: W.J. Schull (Editor); F. Rothhammer (Editor)
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: Springer
Published: November 30, 1990
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 276
ISBN-13: 9780792309697
Subjects: Biological anthropology; Physiology; Medical Anthropology; Social Science; Medical / Nursing; Philosophy; Sociology; Anthropology - General; Life Sciences - Genetics & Genomics; Anoxemia; Medical / Physiology; Science-Life Sciences - Genetics & Genomics; Social Science / Anthropology / General; Social Science-Anthropology - General; Altitude, Influence of; Anthropometry; Aymara Indians; Health and hygiene
First sentence: Northern Chile is a land of contrasts - verdant coastal valleys and soaring, perpetually snow-capped mountains separated by the formidable, rainless expanse of the Atacama desert.