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- The Language of Hunter-Gatherers
- The Language of Hunter-Gatherers
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Figures
- Maps
- Tables
- Contributors
- Preface
- Part I Introduction
- Part II Africa
- Part III Tropical Asia
- Part IV New Guinea and Australia
- Part V Northeastern Eurasia
- Part VI North America
- Part VII South America
- 22 Language and Subsistence Patterns in the Amazonian Vaupés
- 23 The Southern Plains and the Continental Tip
- Appendix A Preliminary Worldwide Survey of Forager Languages
- Language Index
- Subject Index
- References
23 - The Southern Plains and the Continental Tip
from Part VII - South America
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 26 February 2020
- The Language of Hunter-Gatherers
- The Language of Hunter-Gatherers
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Figures
- Maps
- Tables
- Contributors
- Preface
- Part I Introduction
- Part II Africa
- Part III Tropical Asia
- Part IV New Guinea and Australia
- Part V Northeastern Eurasia
- Part VI North America
- Part VII South America
- 22 Language and Subsistence Patterns in the Amazonian Vaupés
- 23 The Southern Plains and the Continental Tip
- Appendix A Preliminary Worldwide Survey of Forager Languages
- Language Index
- Subject Index
- References
Summary
The main obstacle to understanding the history of the Gran Chaco peoples and their languages lies in some particular facts: linguistic descriptions are relatively recent or are in progress; the available archeological data are scarce; and some historical written sources have given rise to confusion. Basically, we have a chronology of dates post quem: the geomorphology of the region suggests that the peopling process may have begun 6,000 years ago.
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- The Language of Hunter-Gatherers , pp. 641 - 669Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2020
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