Brian Burkhalter
Biographic Data
| ID | 137104 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Brian Burkhalter |
| GIVEN NAMES | Brian |
| FAMILY NAME | Burkhalter |
| SIGNATURE | BURKHALTER B |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 2 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 9 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 2 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1987 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1989 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Tappers and sappers: Rubber, gold and money among the Mundurucú
The following paper presents a description and analysis of social and cultural change among the Mundurucú Indians of the upper Tapajós River, Brazil, from Robert Murphy's 1952-1953 fieldwork through the 1979-1981 field trip of Brian Burkhalter. This is a period that saw a transition from a Mundurucú trade economy in wild rubber, exchanged through a barter-credit system, to digging, or sapping, of placer deposits of gold within the context of a ca…
Marriage Practices in Lowland South America
Tappers and sappers: Rubber, gold and money among the Mundurucú
The following paper presents a description and analysis of social and cultural change among the Mundurucú Indians of the upper Tapajós River, Brazil, from Robert Murphy's 1952-1953 fieldwork through the 1979-1981 field trip of Brian Burkhalter. This is a period that saw a transition from a Mundurucú trade economy in wild rubber, exchanged through a barter-credit system, to digging, or sapping, of placer deposits of gold within the context of a ca…
Marriage Practices in Lowland South America
Marriage Practices in Lowland South America
Tappers and sappers: Rubber, gold and money among the Mundurucú
The following paper presents a description and analysis of social and cultural change among the Mundurucú Indians of the upper Tapajós River, Brazil, from Robert Murphy's 1952-1953 fieldwork through the 1979-1981 field trip of Brian Burkhalter. This is a period that saw a transition from a Mundurucú trade economy in wild rubber, exchanged through a barter-credit system, to digging, or sapping, of placer deposits of gold within the context of a ca…
Archaeology (2 works) · Geography (2 works) · Barter (1 works) · Cash (1 works) · Colonialism, slavery, and trade (1 works) · Context (archaeology (1 works) · Economic history (1 works) · Economics (1 works) · Economy (1 works) · Ethnology (1 works)