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Title: | Fertility and pacification among the Mekranoti of Central Brazil |
Authors: | Werner, Dennis |
Affilliation: | Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina. Florianópolis, SC, Brasil |
Abstract: | Demographers and anthropologists have recently turned their attention to the fertility increases that seem to have occurred with the “demographic transition.” This study examines various explanations for historical changes infertility among the Mekranoti-Kayapo Indians of Central Brazil. Data from pregnancy histories and genealogies suggest that changes in health status, use of contraceptives, lactation periods, and post-partum sexual abstinence are not as important in accounting for Mekranoti fertility as is warfare. Because of high male mortality from war, many Mekranoti women spent a large portion of their reproductive years without a husband, and their fertility was significantly lower as a result. This finding may have implications for demographic changes elsewhere and in other periods of human evolution. |
Keywords: | Brazil Health of Indigenous Peoples Indians, South American Fertility Demography |
Keywords: | Região Centro-Oeste Mebêngôkre Kaiapó |
DeCS: | Brasil Índios Sul-Americanos Saúde de Populações Indígenas Demografia Fertilidade |
Issue Date: | 1983 |
Publisher: | Daniel G. Bates |
Citation: | WERNER, Dennis. Fertility and pacification among the Mekranoti of Central Brazil. Human Ecology, v. 11, n. 2, p. 227-245, 1983 |
metadata.dc.identifier.doi: | 10.1007/BF00891744 |
ISSN: | 1572-9915 |
Copyright: | open access |
Appears in Collections: | DCS - Artigos de Periódicos |
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