Yanomami warfare
Subtitle: a political history
By: R. Brian Ferguson.
Publisher: School of American Research Press; Distributed by the University of Washington Press
Published: 1995
Place of publication: Sante Fe, N.M; [Seattle]
Language: eng
Number of pages: 449
Subjects: Yanomamo Indians -- Warfare.; Yanomamo Indians -- History.
Description: "Re-evaluation of Yanomamo warfare defends a material motivation hypothesis grounded in an etic behavioral approach. Elaborating a method previously applied to the study of Pacific Northwest warfare patterns, author develops a formal analytic model and applies it to histories of Yanomamo conflicts, political relations among villages, and warfare strategies. Effects of Western contact - especially the introduction of manufactured goods - on warfare patterns are discussed"--Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 57.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [409]-431) and index.
Twelve pages of maps inserted.