CONTENTS 



Phonetic note 



Introduction 



Setting and people 



Physical type 



Histor}' 



Technology 



Fire 



Glue manufacture 



Textile industries 



Ceramics 



Utensils 



Tools 



Weapons 



Housing 



Dress and ornament 



Propert}' 



Exploitative activities 



^ Seasonal cycle 

 Hunting 

 Fishing 



Collecting 



Agriculture 



Animal husbandry 



Water and fuel 



Food and drink 



Diet 



Food taboos 



Preservation and storage of food. 



Preparation of food 



Eating 



Narcotics 



Drinking 



Routine activities of life 



Daily round 



Work and division of labor 



Travel and transportation 



Art, music, and dancing 



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Folk beliefs and science 



Numeration, mensuration, and time reckoning- 

 Social and political organization 



The family 



The extended family 



The band 



Kinship system 



Kinship behavior 



Social stratification 



Chieftainship 



Law and social control 



Ingroup conflict 



Warfare 



The life cycle 



Sex 



Reproduction 



Childbirth 



Multiple births 



A case of twins 



Paternity 



Naming 



Infancy 



Childhood 



Puberty rites 



Marriage 



Adulthood 



Old age 



Disease and medicine 



Death and burial 



Religion and magic 



Religion 



Magic 



Dreams 



The soul 



Some problems and conclxisions 



Bibliography 



Index 



ILLUSTRATIONS 



PLATES 

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1. Siriono hut, pregnant woman, and a 14-year-old boy. 



2. Siriono chief and his wives, and Siriono boys. 



3. Method of carrying baskets bj' men, a boy drawing bow, 



bringing in firewood, and hunter with curassow. 



4. Hunters returning from forest with coatis and monkeys. 



5. Hunter leaning on pole, and cutting up a tortoise. 



6. Cutting up and roasting monkey meat. 



7. Mother carrying baby in sling, and decorations worn 



by father of newborn child. 



CHARTS 



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1. Lineal kinship chart Siriono (male speaking) 53 



2. Lineal kinship chart Siriono (female speaking).. 55 



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3. Affinal kinship chart Siriono (male speaking) 66 



4. Afiinal kinship chart Siriono (female speaking).. 56 



MAP 



1. Territory occupied by the Siriono in eastern Bolivia. 



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