Allyn Maclean Stearman
Biographic Data
| ID | 72324 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Allyn Maclean Stearman |
| GIVEN NAMES | Allyn Maclean |
| FAMILY NAME | Stearman |
| SIGNATURE | STEARMAN A M |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Central Florida |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 24 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 140 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 24 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1973 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2019 |
| H-INDEX | 7 |
Forest to Pasture: Frontier Settlement in the Bolivian Lowlands
In an effort to offset demographic pressures being experienced in the highlands, the Bolivian government secured international loans from the United States, West Germany, and the Interamerican Development Bank to begin colonization of its lowland territories. Three zones in the Bolivian Amazon were designated for settlement: the Alto Beni, east of the national capital, La Paz; the Chapare, east of Cochabamba; and the Yapacaní, northwest of the lo…
Stradivarius in the Jungle: Traditional Knowledge and the Use of "Black Beeswax" Among the Yuquí of the Bolivian Amazon
One Step Forward, Two Steps Back: The Sirionó and Yuquí Community Forestry Projects in the Bolivian Amazon
Since the early 1990's, "community forestry" has taken the spotlight in conservation and development initiatives in the Bolivian Amazon, particularly among indigenous peoples. This paper will examine the cases of two culturally related indigenous groups, the Sirionó and Yuquí, who are both stakeholders in community forestry management projects. The first project, carried out among the Sirionó by the NGO (non-governmental organization) CIDDEBENI (…
Parks in Peril: People, Politics, and Protected Areas
Parks in Peril: People, Politics, and Protected Areas. Katrina Brandon. Kent H. Redford. and Steven E. Sanderson. eds. Washington, DC: Island Press, 1998. 519 pp
Yanomamo
The Play of Mirrors: The Representation of Self Mirrored in the Other. Sylvia Caiuby Novaes , Izabel Murat Burbridge
Better Fed than Dead: The Yuquí of Bolivia and the New Tribes Mission: A 30-Year Retrospective
In the mid-1960s, the New Tribes Mission successfully completed the first of three peaceful contacts with the Yuquí Indians of the Bolivian Amazon. Because of the small sizes of the groups and mission efforts to provide immediate medical care, the Yuquí did not suffer significant initial population decline as is normally the case. In the mid-1980s, changing social and economic relationships between the Yuquí and the outside world caused unforseen…
Intraspecific Prey Choice by Amazonian Hunters [and Comments and Reply]
Revisiting the Myth of the Ecologically Noble Savage in Amazonia: Implications for Indigenous Land Rights
Only slaves climb trees: Revisiting the myth of the ecologically noble savage in Amazonia
Revisiting the Myth of the Ecologically Noble Savage in Amazonia: Implications for Indigenous Land Rights
Forest‐Dwelling Native Amazonians and the Conservation of Biodiversity: Interests in Common or in Collision?
Although concern for biodiversity and its conservation originated in the biological sciences, with growing international interest an increasing number of interest groups are claiming standing in discussions of the best ways to conserve biodiversity. One of these groups, formed by various indigenous peoples and their advocates, has repeatedly defended its claim to standing by stating that indigenous peoples are well equipped to conserve biodiversi…
Commercial Hunting by Subsistence Hunters: Sirionó Indians and Paraguayan Caiman in Lowland Bolivia
There is increasing interest in including indigenous peoples of Amazonia in conservation activities. Conservation biologists and anthropologists often rely on assumptions of sustainable resource use by these native Amazonians based on traditional patterns of subsistence. As indigenous societies become more market oriented, however, they often must exploit floristic and faunal resources to meet growing needs for trade goods. Little is known about …
Making a living in the tropical forest: Yuqu foragers in the Bolivian Amazon
The Effects of Settler Incursion on Fish and Game Resources of the Yuquí, a Native Amazonian Society of Eastern Bolivia
Increasing settlement and subsequent deforestation in the Amazon are disturbing animal habitats and placing pressure on indigenous peoples who depend on hunting as a means of subsistence. As policy makers attempt to address growing environmental and social concerns, anthropologists are often in a position to provide information relating to traditional subsistence systems and how these systems may be experiencing stress due to development. Crucial…
Yuquí Foragers in the Bolivian Amazon: Subsistence Strategies, Prestige, and Leadership in an Acculturating Society
Although the relationship between the acquisition and distribution of meat and systems of prestige has been widely reported, analyses have tended to be qualitative. Studies using quantitative data have focused either on prestige or on food sharing, without attempting to explore important linkages between both systems. In this paper, quantitative data on Amazonian resource use and distribution, particularly of fish and game, are used in an analysi…
Indian Givers: How the Indians of the Americas Transformed the World
Tsewa's Gift: Magic and Meaning in an Amazonian Society . Michael F. Brown
Camba and Kolla: Migration and Development in Santa Cruz, Bolivia
Film Reviews
Book reviewed in this article: The Panare—Scenes from the Frontier . 1982. Produced by Melissa Llewelyn‐Davies Nomads of the Rain Forest . 1984. A film by Adrian Warren
Cumba and Kolla: Migration and Development in Santa Cruz, Bolivia
The Yuqui Connection: Another Look at Sirionó Deculturation
Allan Holmberg's ethnography of the Sirionó Indians of eastern Bolivia depicts this group as one of the least complex human societies known. In recent years, anthropologists have argued that Sirionó cultural poverty may be due to deculturation rather than to their failure to develop a more complex culture as the result of environmental stresses. Previous efforts to explore this hypothesis have been limited by the lack of additional data on the Si…
The Highland Migrant in Lowland Bolivia: Multiple Resource Migration and the Horizontal Archipelago
Views Icon Views Article contents Figures & tables Video Audio Supplementary Data Peer Review Share Icon Share Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Email Tools Icon Tools Get Permissions Cite Icon Cite Search Site Citation Allyn Stearman; The Highland Migrant in Lowland Bolivia: Multiple Resource Migration and the Horizontal Archipelago. Human Organization 1 June 1978; 37 (2): 180–185. doi: https://doi.org/10.17730/humo.37.2.3325m33r7322k210 Download citati…
Colonization in Eastern Bolivia: Problems and Prospects
The related problems of increasing demographic pressures and scarcity of arable land in the highlands of Bolivia have led to a series of attempts to redistribute the population of this Andean nation. To the east there lies the vast, unexploited lowland territory with its promise of abundant agricultural opportunity to anyone willing to challenge the wilderness. This area has repeatedly been looked to for solutions to Bolivia's problems of overcro…
Intraspecific Prey Choice by Amazonian Hunters [and Comments and Reply]
The Yuqui Connection: Another Look at Sirionó Deculturation
Allan Holmberg's ethnography of the Sirionó Indians of eastern Bolivia depicts this group as one of the least complex human societies known. In recent years, anthropologists have argued that Sirionó cultural poverty may be due to deculturation rather than to their failure to develop a more complex culture as the result of environmental stresses. Previous efforts to explore this hypothesis have been limited by the lack of additional data on the Si…
Only slaves climb trees: Revisiting the myth of the ecologically noble savage in Amazonia
The Effects of Settler Incursion on Fish and Game Resources of the Yuquí, a Native Amazonian Society of Eastern Bolivia
Increasing settlement and subsequent deforestation in the Amazon are disturbing animal habitats and placing pressure on indigenous peoples who depend on hunting as a means of subsistence. As policy makers attempt to address growing environmental and social concerns, anthropologists are often in a position to provide information relating to traditional subsistence systems and how these systems may be experiencing stress due to development. Crucial…
Camba and Kolla: Migration and Development in Santa Cruz, Bolivia
Yuquí Foragers in the Bolivian Amazon: Subsistence Strategies, Prestige, and Leadership in an Acculturating Society
Although the relationship between the acquisition and distribution of meat and systems of prestige has been widely reported, analyses have tended to be qualitative. Studies using quantitative data have focused either on prestige or on food sharing, without attempting to explore important linkages between both systems. In this paper, quantitative data on Amazonian resource use and distribution, particularly of fish and game, are used in an analysi…
Indian Givers: How the Indians of the Americas Transformed the World
Stradivarius in the Jungle: Traditional Knowledge and the Use of "Black Beeswax" Among the Yuquí of the Bolivian Amazon
Revisiting the Myth of the Ecologically Noble Savage in Amazonia: Implications for Indigenous Land Rights
Colonization in Eastern Bolivia: Problems and Prospects
The related problems of increasing demographic pressures and scarcity of arable land in the highlands of Bolivia have led to a series of attempts to redistribute the population of this Andean nation. To the east there lies the vast, unexploited lowland territory with its promise of abundant agricultural opportunity to anyone willing to challenge the wilderness. This area has repeatedly been looked to for solutions to Bolivia's problems of overcro…
Better Fed than Dead: The Yuquí of Bolivia and the New Tribes Mission: A 30-Year Retrospective
In the mid-1960s, the New Tribes Mission successfully completed the first of three peaceful contacts with the Yuquí Indians of the Bolivian Amazon. Because of the small sizes of the groups and mission efforts to provide immediate medical care, the Yuquí did not suffer significant initial population decline as is normally the case. In the mid-1980s, changing social and economic relationships between the Yuquí and the outside world caused unforseen…
Commercial Hunting by Subsistence Hunters: Sirionó Indians and Paraguayan Caiman in Lowland Bolivia
There is increasing interest in including indigenous peoples of Amazonia in conservation activities. Conservation biologists and anthropologists often rely on assumptions of sustainable resource use by these native Amazonians based on traditional patterns of subsistence. As indigenous societies become more market oriented, however, they often must exploit floristic and faunal resources to meet growing needs for trade goods. Little is known about …
The Highland Migrant in Lowland Bolivia: Multiple Resource Migration and the Horizontal Archipelago
Views Icon Views Article contents Figures & tables Video Audio Supplementary Data Peer Review Share Icon Share Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Email Tools Icon Tools Get Permissions Cite Icon Cite Search Site Citation Allyn Stearman; The Highland Migrant in Lowland Bolivia: Multiple Resource Migration and the Horizontal Archipelago. Human Organization 1 June 1978; 37 (2): 180–185. doi: https://doi.org/10.17730/humo.37.2.3325m33r7322k210 Download citati…
Colonization in Eastern Bolivia: Problems and Prospects
The related problems of increasing demographic pressures and scarcity of arable land in the highlands of Bolivia have led to a series of attempts to redistribute the population of this Andean nation. To the east there lies the vast, unexploited lowland territory with its promise of abundant agricultural opportunity to anyone willing to challenge the wilderness. This area has repeatedly been looked to for solutions to Bolivia's problems of overcro…
The Highland Migrant in Lowland Bolivia: Multiple Resource Migration and the Horizontal Archipelago
Views Icon Views Article contents Figures & tables Video Audio Supplementary Data Peer Review Share Icon Share Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Email Tools Icon Tools Get Permissions Cite Icon Cite Search Site Citation Allyn Stearman; The Highland Migrant in Lowland Bolivia: Multiple Resource Migration and the Horizontal Archipelago. Human Organization 1 June 1978; 37 (2): 180–185. doi: https://doi.org/10.17730/humo.37.2.3325m33r7322k210 Download citati…
The Yuqui Connection: Another Look at Sirionó Deculturation
Allan Holmberg's ethnography of the Sirionó Indians of eastern Bolivia depicts this group as one of the least complex human societies known. In recent years, anthropologists have argued that Sirionó cultural poverty may be due to deculturation rather than to their failure to develop a more complex culture as the result of environmental stresses. Previous efforts to explore this hypothesis have been limited by the lack of additional data on the Si…
Film Reviews
Book reviewed in this article: The Panare—Scenes from the Frontier . 1982. Produced by Melissa Llewelyn‐Davies Nomads of the Rain Forest . 1984. A film by Adrian Warren
Cumba and Kolla: Migration and Development in Santa Cruz, Bolivia
Tsewa's Gift: Magic and Meaning in an Amazonian Society . Michael F. Brown
Camba and Kolla: Migration and Development in Santa Cruz, Bolivia
Yuquí Foragers in the Bolivian Amazon: Subsistence Strategies, Prestige, and Leadership in an Acculturating Society
Although the relationship between the acquisition and distribution of meat and systems of prestige has been widely reported, analyses have tended to be qualitative. Studies using quantitative data have focused either on prestige or on food sharing, without attempting to explore important linkages between both systems. In this paper, quantitative data on Amazonian resource use and distribution, particularly of fish and game, are used in an analysi…
Indian Givers: How the Indians of the Americas Transformed the World
The Effects of Settler Incursion on Fish and Game Resources of the Yuquí, a Native Amazonian Society of Eastern Bolivia
Increasing settlement and subsequent deforestation in the Amazon are disturbing animal habitats and placing pressure on indigenous peoples who depend on hunting as a means of subsistence. As policy makers attempt to address growing environmental and social concerns, anthropologists are often in a position to provide information relating to traditional subsistence systems and how these systems may be experiencing stress due to development. Crucial…
Making a living in the tropical forest: Yuqu foragers in the Bolivian Amazon
Commercial Hunting by Subsistence Hunters: Sirionó Indians and Paraguayan Caiman in Lowland Bolivia
There is increasing interest in including indigenous peoples of Amazonia in conservation activities. Conservation biologists and anthropologists often rely on assumptions of sustainable resource use by these native Amazonians based on traditional patterns of subsistence. As indigenous societies become more market oriented, however, they often must exploit floristic and faunal resources to meet growing needs for trade goods. Little is known about …
Forest‐Dwelling Native Amazonians and the Conservation of Biodiversity: Interests in Common or in Collision?
Although concern for biodiversity and its conservation originated in the biological sciences, with growing international interest an increasing number of interest groups are claiming standing in discussions of the best ways to conserve biodiversity. One of these groups, formed by various indigenous peoples and their advocates, has repeatedly defended its claim to standing by stating that indigenous peoples are well equipped to conserve biodiversi…
Revisiting the Myth of the Ecologically Noble Savage in Amazonia: Implications for Indigenous Land Rights
Only slaves climb trees: Revisiting the myth of the ecologically noble savage in Amazonia
Revisiting the Myth of the Ecologically Noble Savage in Amazonia: Implications for Indigenous Land Rights
Intraspecific Prey Choice by Amazonian Hunters [and Comments and Reply]
Better Fed than Dead: The Yuquí of Bolivia and the New Tribes Mission: A 30-Year Retrospective
In the mid-1960s, the New Tribes Mission successfully completed the first of three peaceful contacts with the Yuquí Indians of the Bolivian Amazon. Because of the small sizes of the groups and mission efforts to provide immediate medical care, the Yuquí did not suffer significant initial population decline as is normally the case. In the mid-1980s, changing social and economic relationships between the Yuquí and the outside world caused unforseen…
Yanomamo
The Play of Mirrors: The Representation of Self Mirrored in the Other. Sylvia Caiuby Novaes , Izabel Murat Burbridge
Parks in Peril: People, Politics, and Protected Areas
Parks in Peril: People, Politics, and Protected Areas. Katrina Brandon. Kent H. Redford. and Steven E. Sanderson. eds. Washington, DC: Island Press, 1998. 519 pp
One Step Forward, Two Steps Back: The Sirionó and Yuquí Community Forestry Projects in the Bolivian Amazon
Since the early 1990's, "community forestry" has taken the spotlight in conservation and development initiatives in the Bolivian Amazon, particularly among indigenous peoples. This paper will examine the cases of two culturally related indigenous groups, the Sirionó and Yuquí, who are both stakeholders in community forestry management projects. The first project, carried out among the Sirionó by the NGO (non-governmental organization) CIDDEBENI (…
Stradivarius in the Jungle: Traditional Knowledge and the Use of "Black Beeswax" Among the Yuquí of the Bolivian Amazon
Forest to Pasture: Frontier Settlement in the Bolivian Lowlands
In an effort to offset demographic pressures being experienced in the highlands, the Bolivian government secured international loans from the United States, West Germany, and the Interamerican Development Bank to begin colonization of its lowland territories. Three zones in the Bolivian Amazon were designated for settlement: the Alto Beni, east of the national capital, La Paz; the Chapare, east of Cochabamba; and the Yapacaní, northwest of the lo…
Geography (14 works) · Amazon rainforest (9 works) · Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management (9 works) · Ecology (9 works) · Political science (9 works) · Sociology (9 works) · Biology (8 works) · History (7 works) · Agroforestry (6 works) · Anthropological Studies and Insights (6 works)