TY  -  JOUR 
TI  - What is a population? Spouse import in the northwest Amazon.
PB  - ;
PY  - 1994
issn 10809589
AB  - In northwest Amazon societies, diverse groups marry across linguistic and geographic barriers: kinship and kin proximity occur according to cultural rules, and kinship, language, and residence may not be equated with genetic relatedness, as previously postulated. The assumption of genetic relatedness and random mating within a prescribed geographic zone or linguistic unit does not always hold true. Models should be based on cultural determinants of population dynamics that are more sensitive to detailed mate choice and gene flow patterns. The example is given of the Wanano, who belong to the Eastern Tukanoan Language group in the Central Northwest Amazon basin of the Uaupes River 500-600 lived in Brazil, 180 Colombia, and 800 in the Vaupes Territory of Colombia. Settlements were 3-24 km from the river and had a population of 17-160 people. Men pursued fishing and women engaged in manioc cultivation. There was minimal exploitation of resources. The Wanano are unilineal kin groups with cross cousin marriages. They share a common cultural heritage with 15-20 other kin groups, and are linked through intermarriage. 14,000 Indians of diverse languages are thus united in marriage and kinship. Neighboring Arawakan and Cariban speaking groups reside to the north and west. About 13 distinct languages are part of the Eastern Tukanoan language. The basic principles of descent, marriage, and residence were supplied, and the consequences for village composition explicated. Focus was placed on 3 Wanano villages (Yapima Mo, a large village with in-marrying from the village of Buhpoara and Buhpoara) and spouse importation. Social organization was on the basis of sib (patrilineal descent group), language group (common identity, language, ancestry, and group name), and phratry, or nonresidential association of language groups. Ties were strong among more intimate or a"in-groups." Marriage rules applied to preferences for patrilineal cross cousins and sister exchange. The villages described exemplified the imbalances in the sex ratio and the bachelor surplus in the smaller Wanano villages. The result has been the practice of patrilocality and linguistic exogamy, where adult males of the same ethnicity live together and adult females are located through marriage.
KW  - Matrimonio
KW  - Factores demográficos
KW  - Patrones patrilineales
KW  - Extraterritorialidad
KW  - Parentesco
UR  - http://repository.icesi.edu.co/biblioteca_digital/handle/10906/115861
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