Tribal and Chiefly Warfare in South America (Volume 28) (Memoirs)

This book presents new data on warfare from both ethnohistoric and ethnographic sources. The author documents principal differences between tribal and chiefly warfare; outlines the evidence archaeologists can expect to recover from warfare; and formulates testable hypotheses on the role of warfare in social and political evolution. This monograph is part of a series on Latin American Ethnohistory and Archaeology. Contents Introduction to Volume V Figures Tables Acknowledgments Chapter 1: Introduction Uncentralized tribes and centralized chiefdoms Chapter 2: Tribal Warfare Patterns Jívaro Warfare Yanomamō Warfare Chapter 3: Chiefly Warfare Patterns Warfare in the Cauca Valley Tairona Warfare Warfare among the Panamanian Chiefdoms Chapter 4: Tribal Versus Chiefly Warfare Objectives Organization Pre-War Rituals Offensive Tactics Defensive Tactics Post-War Rituals Funerary Treatment of Warriors Chapter 5: The Archaeology of Tribal Warfare Investigating Warfare Archaeologically Archaeology of Tribal Warfare Chapter 6: The Archaeology of Chiefly Warfare Preparations for War Arrow Poisons Pre-War Rituals Organization of War Parties Warfare Tactics Defensive Tactics Post-war Rituals Ritual Cannibalism Display of Human War Trophies Mortuary Treatment Chapter 7: Conclusion The Authority of Tribal War Leaders and Warring Chiefs The Ideological Motives of Warfare The Alternating Roles of Warfare and Exchange Warfare and the Development of Centralized Societies Bibliography Notes Appendix: Author's Translations of Spanish Text "Preparations, organization, weapons, strategies, rituals, and mortuary treatments associated with warfare among contemporary Jivaro and Yanomamo, and among contact-period Colombian and Panamanian chiefdoms, provide criteria for differentiating tribal and chiefdom levels; these are evaluated using archaeological data from various regions and periods"--Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 57.