Open AccessWho were the Antipa Jivaroans? A linguistic and ethnohistorical investigation of a forgotten tribe
Author(s) -
Simon E. Overall
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
liames
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2177-7160
pISSN - 1678-0531
DOI - 10.20396/liames.v16i1.8646166
Subject(s) - etymology , tribe , perspective (graphical) , history , linguistics , oral tradition , historical linguistics , anthropology , genealogy , ethnology , sociology , philosophy , art , visual arts
The ethnonym Antipa was commonly mentioned as one of the major lowland Jivaroan (also known as Chicham) tribes of north Peru in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, before disappearing both from the historical record and from the oral history of the modern Jivaroan groups. This work presents insights gained by approaching the sparse historical data from a linguistic perspective. Taking into account documented linguistic evidence, the possible etymology of the ethnonym, and evidence from oral tradition, it suggests tentative hypotheses regarding the origin and disappearance of the Antipa ethnonym.