Tribal and chiefly warfare in South America
By: by Elsa M. Redmond.
Series: Memoirs of the Museum of Anthropology, University of Michigan ;; no. 28; Studies in Latin American ethnohistory & archaeology ;; v. 5
Publisher: Museum of Anthropology, University of Michigan
Published: 1994
Place of publication: Ann Arbor
Language: eng
Number of pages: 148
Subjects: Indians of South America -- Warfare; Chiefdoms -- South America; Shuar Indians -- Warfare; Yanomamo Indians -- Warfare; South America -- Antiquities
Description: "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.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 133-142).