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| - | Nomadic agriculture has all the right buzzwords. They might also provide a good handle on the concept of teh domesticated forest (ie. the entire Amazon). | + | Nomadic agriculture has all the right buzzwords. They might also provide a good handle on the concept of the anthrogenic or domesticated forest (ie. the entire Amazon). |
| - | Qouting Darrell Addison Posey on Kayapó gardening [[http:// | + | < |
| - | + | Although ‘settled’ for several decades now, the Kayapó have not deserted their semi-nomadic habits entirely. They spend several months each year in the Brazil nut groves living in communal houses; go on frequent collecting and hunting trips; and before major festivals make two- or three-week treks to acquire ceremonial game and feathers. | |
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| The Kayapó have never left everything on their journeys to chance, however, but have developed an interesting ‘nomadic agriculture’, | The Kayapó have never left everything on their journeys to chance, however, but have developed an interesting ‘nomadic agriculture’, | ||
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| I once traveled for five days with four Kayapó man on long-abandoned trails to an ancient village site. Although the trails were overgrown and difficult to follow, they had been used so much that in some places they were etched six inches into the hard earth. Each night we would stop at a stream in some spot flattened and hardened by years of use. The men would slip off into the forest and soon return with a variety of roots, tubers, stalks and fruits. Foods were readily acquired even on parts of the trail known to have been abandoned 40 years before. | I once traveled for five days with four Kayapó man on long-abandoned trails to an ancient village site. Although the trails were overgrown and difficult to follow, they had been used so much that in some places they were etched six inches into the hard earth. Each night we would stop at a stream in some spot flattened and hardened by years of use. The men would slip off into the forest and soon return with a variety of roots, tubers, stalks and fruits. Foods were readily acquired even on parts of the trail known to have been abandoned 40 years before. | ||
| - | It was nearly two months after I began my life with the Kayapó that I realized that not all collected roots, seeds and cuttings ended up in stomachs. For example, a Kayapó would find it natural to replant a portion of what he had foraged near where he defecated. | + | It was nearly two months after I began my life with the Kayapó that I realized that not all collected roots, seeds and cuttings ended up in stomachs. For example, a Kayapó would find it natural to replant a portion of what he had foraged near where he defecated. |
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| + | --Darrell Addison Posey on Kayapó gardening in [[http:// | ||
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