The Ecology of Power: Culture, Place and Personhood in the Southern Amazon, AD 1000–2000
Author:   Michael J. Heckenberger
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
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9780415945998


Pages:   430
Publication Date:   14 December 2004
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Author:   Michael J. Heckenberger
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 2.10cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.800kg
ISBN:  

9780415945998


ISBN 10:   0415945992
Pages:   430
Publication Date:   14 December 2004
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Preface Kuikuru Orthography List of Figures List of Tables 1. Introduction Part I: Deep Temporality 2. Culture and History: The Longue Duree 3. The Ancient Regime 4. Colonialism and Ethnogenesis Part II: Power, Place, and Personhood 5. Landscape and Livelihood: Ethos of Settled Life 6. In the Midst of Others: Society, Ritual, and Chiefly Politics 7. The Pedigree of a Contradiction: Body and State in Amazonia 8. Conclusion: Temporality, Perspective, and Personhood in Amazonian Ethnology Notes Bibliography Glossar y of Indigenous Terms Index

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This is a first-class volume in which the author provides a complex and much-needed depiction and analysis of Amazonian peoples in the Xingu over the past thousand years. -Neil L. Whitehead, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Journal of Anthropological Research, 2005


This is a first-class volume in which the author provides a complex and much-needed depiction and analysis of Amazonian peoples in the Xingu over the past thousand years. <br>-Neil L. Whitehead, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Journal of Anthropological Research, 2005 <br>


"""This is a first-class volume in which the author provides a complex and much-needed depiction and analysis of Amazonian peoples in the Xingu over the past thousand years."" -- Neil L. Whitehead, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Journal of Anthropological Research"


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Michael Heckenberger is Assistant Professor in the Department of Anthropology at the University of Florida--Gainesville. He has recieved numerous research grants and is principal investigator in the Southern Amazon Ethno-archaeological Project. He is co-author of the forthcoming Archaeology of the Amazon (Cambridge University Press).

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