McEwan / Borrero / Prieto Patagonia

Natural History, Prehistory, and Ethnography at the Uttermost End of the Earth
Course Book
ISBN: 978-1-4008-6476-8
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, Band 386, 206 Seiten

Reihe: Princeton Legacy Library

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Autoren/Hrsg.

McEwan, Colin

Borrero, Luis A.

Prieto, Alfredo

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziologie Allgemein

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Foreword 6

Introduction 7

The Contributors 9

Acknowledgements 10

Key Dates and Events 11

1 The Natural Setting: The Glacial and Post-Glacial Environmental History of Fuego-Patagonia 12

2 The Peopling of Patagonia: The First Human Occupation 32

3 Middle to Late Holocene Adaptations in Patagonia 46

4 The Origins of Ethnographic Subsistence Patterns in Fuego-Patagonia 60

5 The Great Ceremonies of the Selk'nam and the Yamana: A Comparative Analysis 82

6 The Meeting of Two Cultures: Indians and Colonists in the Magellan Region 110

7 The Patagonian 'Giants' 127

8 Travelling the Other Way: Travel Narratives and Truth Claims 140

9 Tierra del Fuego - Land of Fire, Land of Mimicry 153

10 Patagonian Painted Cloaks: An Ancient Puzzle 173

Bibliography 186

Index 197

Picture Acknowledgements 200