Parmána and Middle Orinoco foodway models
Parmána / Middle Orinoco (site or scholarly name, not an established ancient self-designation)
Parmána research has shaped debates about farming, floodplain resources and social change. It is useful precisely when archaeological observations are separated from demographic and ecological models.
Communautés, paysages et éléments probants
Fleuves, forêts, zones humides et connexions
The Middle Orinoco is distinct from the lower river and Amazon basin while connected to wider exchange worlds. The city marker is not the location of a sampled deposit.
Organisation politique et échelle communautaire
Changing settlement models cannot be converted into an unquestioned prehistoric nation-state or exact census.
Transformation coloniale, patrimoine vivant et réception moderne
Older scholarship must be contextualized without adopting environmental determinism or idealizing all communities as timeless ecological stewards.
The 1980 monograph argues for reassessment of regional subsistence using Parmána fieldwork; an argument is not proof of every proposed causal link.
The 1981 analysis distinguishes competing approaches and emphasizes problems with single-factor explanations.
The scholarly synthesis compares different basin regions and sequences, not one homogeneous society.
Uma cronologia breve e documentada
Ces repères servent d'orientation et ne constituent pas une histoire complète.
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Local sequences
The monograph addresses ceramic, settlement and foodway changes; its phases cannot be read as modern identities.
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Field-research monograph
Parmana presents a regional argument about maize, manioc and changing subsistence.
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Methodological debate
The analysis examines contrasting ecological models rather than declaring one environment determines one society.
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Comparative synthesis
The review places Middle Orinoco research among diverse basin histories, retaining its status as scholarly interpretation.
Alimentation, artisanat, langue, travail et croyances
Langues mentionnées dans ce profil
- The registered evidence does not securely establish every resident's spoken language; no language is assigned from material style alone.
Famille linguistique: No secure assignment from this evidence
Monocausal explanations obscure human choices and evidence gaps.
Published foodway models are not neutral observations of every past household.
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Sources utilisées pour cette page
Prefer Indigenous and community-linked institutions, national heritage authorities, accountable archaeological projects, original studies and institutional collections documentation. Source titles, publishers, dates and stable links identify the evidence. Distinguish a conference abstract, bibliographic record, field study, scholarly synthesis, heritage proposal and completed interpretation. Attribute written and oral accounts by composition date, genre, language, audience, transmission and viewpoint.
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C1
Orinoquia: The Archaeology of the Orinoco River Basin
Journal of World Prehistory 16, author-shared scholarly synthesis · Attributed scholarly synthesis; models are not direct observations of all communities · 2002
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C2
Chiribiquete National Park: The Maloca of the Jaguar
UNESCO World Heritage Centre · Institutional heritage record; individual panel chronology requires separate evidence · Inscribed 2018; record accessed 2026-10-20
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C3
Nuevos aportes a la arqueología del sitio Saladero, bajo Orinoco, Venezuela
José R. Oliver, UCL, author-shared conference paper · Original conference research; not all interpretations are final consensus · Presented 2013; author record 2014
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C4
A fase Açutuba: um novo complexo cerâmico na Amazônia Central
Arqueología Suramericana 2(1), World Archaeological Congress archive · Original archaeological study in archived journal issue · 2006
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C5
Early and Middle Holocene Hunter-Gatherer Occupations in Western Amazonia: The Hidden Shell Middens
PLOS ONE · Original archaeological study or institutional project account · 2013-08-28
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C6
Paleoindian cave dwellers in the Amazon: research annotation
Library of Congress, Handbook of Latin American Studies · Institutional critical bibliographic annotation, not a new excavation · 1996 study; annotation accessed 2026-10-20
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C7
Lidar reveals pre-Hispanic low-density urbanism in the Bolivian Amazon
Nature 606, 325-328 · Original archaeological study or institutional project account · 2022
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C8
Ecological Modelling and Indigenous Systems of Resource Use: Examples from South Venezuela
Antropológica 55, 51-72, UNAM archive · Original methodological and ethnographic analysis, not a prehistoric social census · 1981
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C9
Pre-Columbian agricultural landscapes, ecosystem engineers, and self-organized patchiness in Amazonia
PNAS 107, 7823-7828 · Original archaeological study or institutional project account · 2010
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C10
The unique functioning of a pre-Columbian Amazonian floodplain fishery
Scientific Reports · Original archaeological study or institutional project account · 2018
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C11
Intentional creation of carbon-rich dark earth soils in the Amazon
Science Advances 9, eadh8499 · Original collaborative research, including Kuikuro Indigenous Association contributors · 2023
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C12
En riesgo continuo por el ecoturismo: la realidad de las áreas protegidas en el Amazonas
Parques Nacionales Naturales de Colombia · Protected-area care and access-risk guidance, not visitor permission · 2025-12-12
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C13
Shared Stewardship and Ethical Returns
Smithsonian National Museum of the American Indian · Comparative collections ethics, not site-specific cultural consent · Institutional policy resource accessed 2026-10-20
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S1
Parmana: Prehistoric Maize and Manioc Subsistence Along the Amazon and Orinoco
Academic Press, Elsevier publisher record · Original field-research monograph, publisher description used within its limits · 1980
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S2
Ecological Modelling and Indigenous Systems of Resource Use: Examples from South Venezuela
Antropológica 55, 51-72, UNAM archive · Original methodological and ethnographic analysis, not a prehistoric social census · 1981
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S3
Orinoquia: The Archaeology of the Orinoco River Basin
Journal of World Prehistory 16, author-shared scholarly synthesis · Attributed scholarly synthesis; models are not direct observations of all communities · 2002
Revisión editorial: 20 octobre 2026