Case Study The Yanoamamo
1. Where are the Yanamamo located? They are located in South America, between the countries of Venezuela and Brazil.
2. What is the environment? The Yanamami live in the tropical rainforest of the Amazon
3. What is the subsistence system practiced by the Yanamamo? The Yanamamo rely on foraging, horticulture, and hunting to subsist.
4. How are villages organized by kinship? Internally? Between villages? The Yanamami live in small-scale, kin-based communities. Each village seems to be relatively autonomous politically, with its own headman who leads groups of people and develops a consensus. There is no chief or other political authority that unites more than one village or the society as a whole.
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In the circle of houses around the village central dance ground, which people live next to each other? Each family or (small group of a family) builds their lean-to (with a roof and a back wall) next to each other, in order to form a circle of houses (shabono) around the village central dance ground.
7. How does kinship play a role in arguments among village residents? Kinship plays a major role in arguments among village residents. Villagers oftentimes argue and become violent over scarce resources, and if an agreement cannot be made, one family has to move to another village.
8. When villages grow too large and fission into other villages, how does kinship play a role? Family members stick together, so if someone’s relatives in another village need resources, their relatives will find a way to provide them with what they need. Sometimes this requires the family members who are helping out, to trade with another village to get what they need.
9. How does kinship influence political alliances? The different villages not only exchange goods, but they exchange women and the blood ties are what strengthen political alliances. Kinship also strengthens trust between villages, which, in turn, positively influenced political
2. What is the environment? The Yanamami live in the tropical rainforest of the Amazon
3. What is the subsistence system practiced by the Yanamamo? The Yanamamo rely on foraging, horticulture, and hunting to subsist.
4. How are villages organized by kinship? Internally? Between villages? The Yanamami live in small-scale, kin-based communities. Each village seems to be relatively autonomous politically, with its own headman who leads groups of people and develops a consensus. There is no chief or other political authority that unites more than one village or the society as a whole.
5. How does kinship shape other …show more content…
In the circle of houses around the village central dance ground, which people live next to each other? Each family or (small group of a family) builds their lean-to (with a roof and a back wall) next to each other, in order to form a circle of houses (shabono) around the village central dance ground.
7. How does kinship play a role in arguments among village residents? Kinship plays a major role in arguments among village residents. Villagers oftentimes argue and become violent over scarce resources, and if an agreement cannot be made, one family has to move to another village.
8. When villages grow too large and fission into other villages, how does kinship play a role? Family members stick together, so if someone’s relatives in another village need resources, their relatives will find a way to provide them with what they need. Sometimes this requires the family members who are helping out, to trade with another village to get what they need.
9. How does kinship influence political alliances? The different villages not only exchange goods, but they exchange women and the blood ties are what strengthen political alliances. Kinship also strengthens trust between villages, which, in turn, positively influenced political