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00-C2456-FM 12/18/02 1:19 PM Page i Families of the Forest 00-C2456-FM 12/18/02 1:19 PM Page ii 00-C2456-FM 12/18/02 1:19 PM Page iii Families of the Forest The Matsigenka Indians of the Peruvian Amazon Allen Johnson UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA PRESS Berkeley / Los Angeles / London 00-C2456-FM 12/18/02 1:19 PM Page iv Unless otherwise indicated, all photographs and figures are by the author. University of California Press Berkeley and Los Angeles, California University of California Press, Ltd. London, England © 2003 by The Regents of the University of California Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Johnson, Allen W. Familiesoftheforest:theMatsigenkaIndiansofthePeruvianAmazon/ Allen Johnson. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. isbn0-520-23241-0 (cloth : alk. paper).—isbn0-520-23242-9 (paper : alk. paper) 1. Machiguenga Indians—Kinship. 2. Machiguenga cosmology. 3. Machiguenga Indians—Social life and customs. 4. Amazon River Region—Social life and customs. I. Title. f3430.1.m3 j64 2003 305.898(cid:2)39—dc21 2002018748 Manufactured in the United States of America 12 11 10 09 08 07 06 05 04 03 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 The paper used in this publication is both acid-free and totally chlorine- free (tcf). It meets the minimum requirements of ansi/nisoz39.48-1992 (r1997)(Permanence of Paper).(cid:2)(cid:3) 00-C2456-FM 12/18/02 1:19 PM Page v For Walter Goldschmidt and Johannes Wilbert, who know about ethnography 00-C2456-FM 12/18/02 1:19 PM Page vi 00-C2456-FM 12/18/02 1:19 PM Page vii I believe that if our philosophers had lived among the Machiguengas ... they would have greatly doubted the concept of Man as a social animal. Padre Andres Ferrero,Los Machiguengas,1966 Tienen cosa linda, ellos. (“They have a beautiful thing, those folks.”) Peruvian living in a Matsigenka settlement near the Pongo de Mainique, 1972 00-C2456-FM 12/18/02 1:19 PM Page viii 00-C2456-FM 12/18/02 1:19 PM Page ix Contents List of Illustrations xi List of Tables xiii Preface xv Introduction: Among the Matsigenka 1 1. Setting and History 11 2. Making a Living 38 3. Family Life 91 4. Society and Politics 140 5. Cosmos 187 Conclusion: A Family Level Society 223 Glossary 229 References Cited 231 Index 243

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The idea of a family level society, discussed and disputed by anthropologists for nearly half a century, assumes moving, breathing form in Families of the Forest. According to Allen Johnson's deft ethnography, the Matsigenka people of southeastern Peru cannot be understood or appreciated except as a
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00-C2456-FM 12/18/02 1:19 PM Page i Families of the Forest 00-C2456-FM 12/18/02 1:19 PM Page ii 00-C2456-FM 12/18/02 1:19 PM Page iii Families of the Forest The Matsigenka Indians of the Peruvian Amazon Allen Johnson UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA PRESS Berkeley / Los Angeles / London 00-C2456-FM 12/18/02 1:19 PM Page iv Unless otherwise indicated, all photographs and figures are by the author. University of California Press Berkeley and Los Angeles, California University of California Press, Ltd. London, England © 2003 by The Regents of the University of California Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Johnson, Allen W. Familiesoftheforest:theMatsigenkaIndiansofthePeruvianAmazon/ Allen Johnson. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. isbn0-520-23241-0 (cloth : alk. paper).—isbn0-520-23242-9 (paper : alk. paper) 1. Machiguenga Indians—Kinship. 2. Machiguenga cosmology. 3. Machiguenga Indians—Social life and customs. 4. Amazon River Region—Social life and customs. I. Title. f3430.1.m3 j64 2003 305.898(cid:2)39—dc21 2002018748 Manufactured in the United States of America 12 11 10 09 08 07 06 05 04 03 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 The paper used in this publication is both acid-free and totally chlorine- free (tcf). It meets the minimum requirements of ansi/nisoz39.48-1992 (r1997)(Permanence of Paper).(cid:2)(cid:3) 00-C2456-FM 12/18/02 1:19 PM Page v For Walter Goldschmidt and Johannes Wilbert, who know about ethnography 00-C2456-FM 12/18/02 1:19 PM Page vi 00-C2456-FM 12/18/02 1:19 PM Page vii I believe that if our philosophers had lived among the Machiguengas ... they would have greatly doubted the concept of Man as a social animal. Padre Andres Ferrero,Los Machiguengas,1966 Tienen cosa linda, ellos. (“They have a beautiful thing, those folks.”) Peruvian living in a Matsigenka settlement near the Pongo de Mainique, 1972 00-C2456-FM 12/18/02 1:19 PM Page viii 00-C2456-FM 12/18/02 1:19 PM Page ix Contents List of Illustrations xi List of Tables xiii Preface xv Introduction: Among the Matsigenka 1 1. Setting and History 11 2. Making a Living 38 3. Family Life 91 4. Society and Politics 140 5. Cosmos 187 Conclusion: A Family Level Society 223 Glossary 229 References Cited 231 Index 243

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The idea of a family level society, discussed and disputed by anthropologists for nearly half a century, assumes moving, breathing form in Families of the Forest. According to Allen Johnson's deft ethnography, the Matsigenka people of southeastern Peru cannot be understood or appreciated except as a
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