Holmberg’s 1950 ethnography "Nomads of the Long Bow"

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Holmberg’s 1950 ethnography "Nomads of the Long Bow" is a classic anthropological study that portrays the lifeways, social organization, and environment of the Sirionó people of lowland Bolivia.

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instanceOf anthropological monograph
ethnography
academicDiscipline American anthropology
author Allan R. Holmberg NERFINISHED
contains ethnographic description of Sirionó religion
ethnographic description of Sirionó social structure
ethnographic description of Sirionó subsistence strategies
ethnographic description of Sirionó technology and tools
maps and descriptions of Sirionó territory
context post–World War II American anthropology
critiquedFor portraying the Sirionó as culturally impoverished
underestimating historical change and external influences on the Sirionó
documents Sirionó demographic patterns
Sirionó mobility and nomadism
Sirionó relations with neighboring groups
impact of contact with non-indigenous society on the Sirionó
field cultural anthropology
ethnography
focus environment of the Sirionó people
lifeways of the Sirionó people
social organization of the Sirionó people
geographicFocus lowland Bolivia
hasReputation classic ethnography of lowland South America
foundational study of the Sirionó
influenced debates on hunter-gatherer societies in Amazonia
later anthropological work on lowland South American indigenous peoples
language English
methodology long-term fieldwork
participant observation
portrays gender roles among the Sirionó
hunting and gathering practices of the Sirionó
kinship relations among the Sirionó
material culture of the Sirionó
relations between the Sirionó and their forest environment
ritual and belief among the Sirionó
settlement patterns of the Sirionó
subsistence economy of the Sirionó
publicationYear 1950
publisher Smithsonian Institution NERFINISHED
region Bolivian lowlands NERFINISHED
series Smithsonian Institution Institute of Social Anthropology publications NERFINISHED
setIn tropical forest environment
subject Sirionó people NERFINISHED
timePeriodDescribed early 20th century
usedAs case study of foraging societies in South America
usedIn university courses on Amazonian ethnography
university courses on anthropological theory

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Sirionó people notableStudy Holmberg’s 1950 ethnography "Nomads of the Long Bow"