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Contiene: Fieldwork among the Yuquí - A preliminary visit - Preparing for fieldwork - The people called Yuquí - Who are the Yuquí - Contact and pacification - The Chimiré camp - Adaptation - The physical environment - Technology - Wapons - Stringmaking - Basketry - Other technology - Hunting and fishing - Gathering - Farming - Swidden horticulture - Yuquí horticulture - Social relations - Slavery - Leadership and prestige - The Yuquí life Cycle - Pregnancy and birth - Abortion and infanticide - Childhood and puberty - Marriage - adultery - Divorce - Old age - Death - The daily round: men, women and children - relations - with - Each other - Social and spatial arrangements - Kinship - The Yuquí population - Belief - Death, ghosts and the spirit world - The spirit world - Chanting - Taboo - The Yuquí creation myth - The mission, the Yuquí, and cultural survival.

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