Handbook of South American Indians, Volume 3: The Tropical Forest Tribes, edited by Julian H. Steward, Smithsonian Institution, Bureau of American Ethnology, Bulletin 143, 1948, is a standard mid century ethnographic reference compiled by specialists on each tropical forest group it covers. Its strength is that it remains a foundational compilation still consulted for groups with little other documented ethnography. Its limit is its age, over seventy five years, and the era's own ethnographic conventions; later scholarship and the communities' own accounts should be read alongside it for any specific group it covers.
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Handbook of South American Indians, Volume 3, edited by Julian H. Steward, Smithsonian Institution Bureau of American Ethnology, 1948, the top tier reflecting a standard mid century ethnographic reference compiled by specialists on each group it covers, still consulted for groups with little other documented ethnography. Its limit is its age, over seventy five years, and the era's own ethnographic conventions; later scholarship and the communities' own accounts should be read alongside it. NotesScholarly ethnographic handbook of the tropical forest tribes of South America, Smithsonian Institution Bureau of American Ethnology, 1948.
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AuthorJulian H. Steward (ed.)
PublisherSmithsonian Institution, Bureau of American Ethnology, Bulletin 143
Publication Year1948
Source Typereference
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