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integration through production: the use of zonation in Espinar 1
Author(s) -
ORLOVE BENJAMIN S.
Publication year - 1977
Publication title -
american ethnologist
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.875
H-Index - 78
eISSN - 1548-1425
pISSN - 0094-0496
DOI - 10.1525/ae.1977.4.1.02a00050
Subject(s) - normative , latin americans , production (economics) , action (physics) , distribution (mathematics) , anthropology , sociology , geography , ecology , epistemology , political science , philosophy , economics , mathematics , physics , biology , law , mathematical analysis , quantum mechanics , macroeconomics
This article analyzes several common themes in ecological and economic anthropology, particularly the emphasis on systems of distribution and the use of normative models of action. The applications of a recent theory in Latin American anthropology, the “verticality model,” have been limited by these shared assumptions. Data from Espinar, a province in southern highland Peru, show the importance of systems of production and material constraints on action.