Archaeological and Anthropological Perspectives on the Native Peoples of Pampa, Patagonia, and Tierra del Fuego to the Nineteenth Century (eBook, PDF)

Redaktion: Briones, Claudia; Lanata, José Luis

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Produktbeschreibung

The Spanish conquerors who explored the southern cone of South America reported back to Europe that the region was empty of human inhabitants. In truth, however, the large area supported a thriving, albeit low-density, population of foragers. Those foragers-the Mapuche, Tehuelche, Rankuelche, and Fueguian peoples-are the subject of this volume, which presents archaeological and ethnographic studies of their past. The southern cone of South America was one of the last regions to be colonized on earth. When the Spanish Royal Crown experienced difficulties expanding its colonial frontiers to include these lands, the area became known as a vast wildnerness at the very edge of the civilized world. As a result, the native peoples who did indeed inhabit the area were marginalized and as time passed the significance of their historical experience was ignored. This compilation of research by noted scholars of the region investigates the past of peoples largely neglected by the historical accounts of their conquerors. The history of the native peoples of Pampa, Patagonia, and Tierra del Fuego is a vital aspect of the region's past. Their historical knowledge and experience play a vital role in the struggle of a people to maintain a sense of cultural difference in an ever-changing world.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury Publishing Inc
• Seitenzahl: 216
• Altersempfehlung: ab 7 Jahre
• Erscheinungstermin: 30. Mai 2002
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780313012808
• Artikelnr.: 37807258

Autorenporträt

CLAUDIA BRIONES is a member of the Anthropology Department, University of Buenos Aires, CONICET, Argentina. JOSE LUIS LANATA is a member of the Anthropology Department, University of Buenos Aires, CONICET, Argentina.

Inhaltsangabe

Foreword by Laurie L. Weinstein Living on the Edge. by Claudia Briones and
José Luis Lanata Biological Anthropology in Fuego-Patagonia by Ricardo
Guichón The Pampean Foragers by Gustavo Politis The Archaeology of
Patagonia by Luis A. Borrero The World's Southernmost Foragers: The Native
Diversity of Tierra del Fuego by José Luis Lanata Indigenous History of
Northwest Patagonia: Regional Identities during the 17th and 18th Centuries
by Maria Teresa BoscHÍn Social Strategies in a Situation of Interethnic
Contact. The Fort del Carmen, Río Negro, Case Study by Lidia R. Nacuzzi The
Tehuelche of Patagonia as Chronicled by Travellers and Explorers in the
19th Century by Alejandra Pero The Last Step in the Process of
"Araucanization of the Pampa" 1810-1880: Attempts of Ethnic Ideologization
and "Nationism" among the Mapuche and Araucanized Pampean Aborigines by
Martha Bechis Building an Image of the Indian Peoples from Patagonia during
the 18th and 19th Centuries: Science and Christening by María Andrea
Nicoletti and Pedro Navarro Floria The Late 19th Century Crisis in the
Survival of the Magellan-Fueguian Littoral Natives by Luis Orquera
Bibliography Index