Quasi-Ethnic Groups in Amazonia

Michael Chibnik

Ethnology · 1991 · 63 citations · 6 references

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Argues that the variations in the group boundaries in the ethnic groups of Amazonia are the results of local historic and demographic differences. Problems in delineating ethnic boundaries; Descendants of contemporary tribal Amerindians; Similarities between the history of the Peruvian Amazon and the Brazilian Amazon.

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