Upper Xingu region

E618298
cultural region geographical region

The Upper Xingu region is an area of the southern Amazon Basin in central Brazil known for its network of interrelated Indigenous communities, complex systems of ritual and trade, and rich linguistic diversity.

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All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Upper Xingu region canonical 2
Rio Xingu region 1
Upper Xingu cultural area 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf cultural region ⓘ
geographical region ⓘ
associatedWith complex regional chiefdom-like systems ⓘ
pre-Columbian earthworks ⓘ
characterizedBy ceremonial exchange networks ⓘ
intervillage marriage alliances ⓘ
peaceful intergroup relations ⓘ
ritual specialization ⓘ
shared ritual calendar ⓘ
drainedBy Xingu River NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasCulturalPractice collective rituals ⓘ
initiation ceremonies ⓘ
intervillage festivals ⓘ
hasEconomicSystem fishing ⓘ
horticulture ⓘ
hunting ⓘ
ritual trade ⓘ
hasEnvironment riverine wetlands ⓘ
savanna patches ⓘ
tropical rainforest ⓘ
hasLanguageFamily Arawakan languages NERFINISHED ⓘ
Cariban languages NERFINISHED ⓘ
Trumai language isolate NERFINISHED ⓘ
Tupian languages NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasSocialOrganization multiethnic regional system ⓘ
hasTypeOfSettlement circular village layout ⓘ
large planned villages ⓘ
inhabitedBy Aweti people NERFINISHED ⓘ
Ikpeng people NERFINISHED ⓘ
Kalapalo people NERFINISHED ⓘ
Kamayurá people NERFINISHED ⓘ
Kuikuro people NERFINISHED ⓘ
Mehinako people NERFINISHED ⓘ
Trumai people NERFINISHED ⓘ
Wauja people NERFINISHED ⓘ
Yawalapiti people NERFINISHED ⓘ
knownFor complex systems of ritual ⓘ
intercommunity trade ⓘ
network of interrelated Indigenous communities ⓘ
rich linguistic diversity ⓘ
locatedIn central Brazil ⓘ
southern Amazon Basin ⓘ
locatedInCountry Brazil NERFINISHED ⓘ
partiallyContainedIn Xingu Indigenous Park NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf Amazon Basin NERFINISHED ⓘ
recognizedAs ethnographic area ⓘ
studiedBy anthropologists ⓘ
timeDepthOfOccupation pre-Columbian period ⓘ

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Paresí–Xingu subgroup → spokenIn → Upper Xingu region ⓘ
Kuikuro language → spokenIn → Upper Xingu region ⓘ
Kuikuro language → isPartOf → Upper Xingu region ⓘ
this entity surface form: Upper Xingu cultural area
Kayapó people → locatedIn → Upper Xingu region ⓘ
this entity surface form: Rio Xingu region