The Ecology of Power: Culture, Place and Personhood in the Southern Amazon, AD 1000–2000 (Critical Perspectives in Identity, Memory & the Built Environment)

In 1884 a community of Brazilians was "discovered" by the Western world. The Ecology of Power examines these indigenous people from the Upper Xingu region, a group who even today are one of the strongest examples of long-term cultural continuity. Drawing upon written and oral history, ethnography, and archaeology, Heckenberger addresses the difficult issues facing anthropologists today as they "uncover" the muted voices of indigenous peoples and provides a fascinating portrait of a unique community of people who have in a way become living cultural artifacts. This text examines the indigenous people discovered in Brazil in 1884, drawing from written and oral history, ethnography and archaeology The end of the fifteenth century marked a beginning in the Americas, at least in the historical sense, of continuities and ruptures. Michael J. Heckenberger. Includes Bibliographical References (p. 349-384) And Index.