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Table 3-11. Catchment areas for various mestizo and indigenous groups in the Neotropics (arranged by 

 size of catchment area). 



Group 



Country 



Local human 

 population size 

 (^no. inds.) 



Catchment 

 area (km^)' 



Source 



Matses 



Brazil 



500 



1810 



Romanoff 

 (1976) 



Ache 



Paraguay 



155 



600 



Hill and 

 Hawkes (1983) 



Mestizos 



Peru 



310 



500 



Bodmer et al. 

 (1988) 



Yekuana 



Venezuela 



"Several hundred" 



ca. 400 



Sponsel (1986) 



Maya 



Mexico 



ca. 1000 



370 



This study 



Yuqui 



Bolivia 



96 



314 



Stearman (1990) 



Waorani 



Ecuador 



230 (4 villages) 



ca. 300 



Yost and Kelley 

 (1983) 



Mestizos 



Brazil 



638 



250 



Ayres and 

 Ayres (1979) 



Siona-Secoya 



Ecuador 



297 



225 



Vickers (1983) 



Irapa-Yukpa 



Venezuela 



540 



200 



Paolisso and 

 Sackett (1985) 



Mestizos 



Brazil 



734 (3 villages: 351, 

 179, & 204) 



100 each 



Smith (1976) 



Ka'apor 



Brazil 



99 (2 villages: 27 & 72) 



79 



Balee (1985) 



Yanomamo & 

 Ye'kwana 



Venezuela 



127 (3 villages: 76, 35, 

 & 16) 





Hames (1980) 



Catchment areas for all studies except the present study were approximated in one of two ways; 

 One, by using the average or maximum hunting distance from the village as the radius of a circle 

 (the "catchment area") that encompassed the village. This method assumed that outings occurred 

 in all directions from the village. Two, estimating the area used for hunting outings according to 

 known landmarks and boundaries, such as rivers. Both methods likely overestimated the true 

 catchment area. The method used for the present study was based on careful measurements of 

 the area encompassed by the actual kill sites. 



individual did not plant a garden, he did engage in wage labor at widely scattered sites on the ejido. 

 This hunter reported that he frequenUy killed game near the village and while at or enroute to the work 

 sites. All seven main hunters reported that the areas in which they pursued game included a variety of 



