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The comparative ethnology of South American Indians / Julian H. Steward, editor.

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  • Physical Description: xxvi, 818 p. ill., maps 24 cm.
  • Publisher: Washington U.S. G.P.O. 1949.

Content descriptions

General Note:
The Handbook of South American Indians, of which this constitutes volume 5, was issued by the Smithsonian Institution, Bureau of American Ethnology, as its Bulletin 143.
Bibliography, etc. Note:
Bibliography: p. 783-818.
Formatted Contents Note:
Part 1. A cross-cultural survey of South American Indian tribes -- Part 2. Jesuit missions in South America -- Part 3. The native population of South America -- Part 4. South American cultures, an interpretive summary.
Subject:
Ethnology > South America.
Indians of South America > Social life and customs.
Indians of South America > Missions.