Gaston gordillo university of british columbia academia. The gran chaco, which cuts across parts of paraguay, argentina, bolivia and brazil, is latin americas second most important forest. I focus my analysis on an indigenousgroupof the argentinean chaco, thetobaof the pilcomayo river, and their recent struggles to gain control. Based on ethnographic research in this region where the mountains give way to the gran chaco lowlands, gaston r. Gaston gordillo, university of british columbia, anthropology department, faculty member. A read is counted each time someone views a publication summary such as the title, abstract, and list of authors, clicks on a figure, or views or downloads the fulltext.
Indians of south americagran chacogovernment relations. Gran chaco paraguay wikivoyage, guida turistica di viaggio. Pdf on jan 1, 20, florencia tola and others published gran chaco. Studies state formation, anthropology of borders, and anthropology of space. Comparative studies and the south american gran chaco pdf. The tragic deforestation of the chaco rolling stone. Gran chaco, lowland alluvial plain in interior southcentral south america. Based on extensive fieldwork in the region where the gran chaco lowlands meet the andes, this book examines space through the rubble that is part of its. Contributing to this nearabsence of archaeological data is the lack of suitable raw material for.
Chaco ou gran chaco area geografica e cultural da america do sul. Because, like the great plains of north america, the terrain lent itself to a nomadic lifestyle, there is little to no archaeological evidence of their prehistoric occupation. Im currently working on several research projects that explore the. Largely uninhabited, the gran chaco is an arid subtropical region of low forests and savannas traversed by only two permanent rivers and practically unmarked by roads. The name is of quechua origin, meaning hunting land. Professor gaston gordillo was born and raised in buenos aires, argentina. He graduated from the university of buenos aires 1990 and completed his phd at the university of toronto 1999. Duke university press see pdf of the books introduction here. Gran chaco province is one of six provinces in the tarija department. Gaston gordillo department of anthropology ubc anthropology.
It is located between 21 00 and 22 17 south and between 62 16 and 64 18 west. The indigenous gran chaco people consist of approximately thirtyfive tribal groups in the gran chaco of south america. Man kann ihn am einfachsten als eine schiefe ebene bezeichn. Il gran chaco, talvolta indicato semplicemente come chaco, probabilmente dal termine in quechua chaku, territorio di caccia e una delle principali regioni geografiche del sud america. The province borders chuquisaca department in the north, burnet oconnor province in the northwest, aniceto arce province in the southwest, argentina in the south, and paraguay in the east.
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