ISBN:
1607320959
,
9781607320951
,
9781457116834
,
1457116839
,
9781457111587
,
1457111586
Language:
English
Pages:
Online Ressource (xviii, 380 pages)
,
illustrations, maps
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als Ethnicity in ancient Amazonia
DDC:
305.8009811
Keywords:
Indians of South America Ethnic identity
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Amazon River Region
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Indians of South America Languages
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Amazon River Region
;
Indians of South America Antiquities
;
Amazon River Region
;
Anthropological linguistics Amazon River Region
;
Ethnicity Amazon River Region
;
Ethnohistory Amazon River Region
;
Indians of South America Ethnic identity
;
Indians of South America Languages
;
Indians of South America Antiquities
;
Anthropological linguistics
;
Ethnicity
;
Ethnohistory
;
Electronic books
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SOCIAL SCIENCE ; Anthropology ; Cultural
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SOCIAL SCIENCE ; Discrimination & Race Relations
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SOCIAL SCIENCE ; Minority Studies
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SOCIAL SCIENCE ; General
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Anthropological linguistics
;
Antiquities
;
Ethnic relations
;
Ethnicity
;
Ethnohistory
;
Indians of South America ; Antiquities
;
Indians of South America ; Ethnic identity
;
Indians of South America ; Languages
;
Amazon River Region Ethnic relations
;
Amazon River Region Antiquities
;
Amazon River Region
;
Amazon River Region Ethnic relations
;
Amazon River Region Antiquities
;
Amazon River Region
;
Electronic book
;
Electronic books
;
Aufsatzsammlung
Abstract:
"A major contribution to Amazonian anthropology, and possibly a direction changer."--J. Scott Raymond, University of Calgary A transdisciplinary collaboration among ethnologists, linguists, and archaeologists, Ethnicity in Ancient Amazonia traces the emergence, expansion, and decline of cultural identities in indigenous Amazonia. Hornborg and Hill argue that the tendency to link language, culture, and biology--essentialist notions of ethnic identities--is a Eurocentric bias that has characterized largely inaccurate explanations of the distribution of ethnic groups and languages in Amazonia. Th
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
