HOMOXI
2002 - Table of contents
...The Parima
hills
...The Yanomami
........The Yanomami in
Brazil
..Gold mining
and other threats to the Yanomami area
..The Yanomami
system of productivity
. ......Hunting
........Agriculture
........Space and resources
..The Yanomami
of Homoxi
........Tirei
........Xere u
........Yaritha
........Inter-community relations
...Environmental
damage and gold prospecting at Homoxi
...The beginning
of the garimpo on the lower Narahipi u (Macarrão airstrip)
...Persistence
of the garimpo between 1990 and 1998
...Survey
team
...Background
research and preparation
...Fieldwork
and methods.
........Botany
........Soils and hydrology
........Remote sensing
........Zoology
........Socio-economic survey and ethnobiogy
........Entomology
.......Tree planting
...Climate
...Vegetation
...Geology
and soils
...Landsat
images and the Yanomami population
...Landsat
images and garimpeiro activity
...The use
of supervised classification
. ......Cartography and ground
truthing
...Results
of interpretation and estimation of areas affected by mining
.......Regions
affected by placers, and their dynamics
.......Calculation
of natural regeneration
...Natural
environments
. ......Forest
. ......Baixadas
and forest streams
. ......Botanical
similarity to Xitei
...Altered
environments
. ......Gravels
. ......The
forest edge and secondary forests
. ......Lagoons
. ......Riverine
vegetation
. ......Airstrips
...The effects
of fire
...Differences
in the natural vegetation between Homoxi and Yaritha
...Alien plant
species
...Natural
soil types
...Soils and gravels
on areas disturbed by mining
...Yanomami gardens
...Substrate analyses
. ......Granulometry
. ......Chemical
properties
. ......Microbial
content
...Soils and the
regeneration
of vegetation
...Water
quality
...Hunting
...Fishing
and related activities
...Amphibians
and reptiles
...Bees
...Other
insects
...Medicinal
fauna
...Names
...Food plants
. ......Introduced
food plants
. ......Cultivated
food plants
. ......Edible
fungi
...Medicines
...Construction
...Hallucinogens
...Poisons
...Miscellaneous
plant uses
...Introduced species
...Food of
the tapir
...Tirei
...Xereu
...Yaritha
...Introduction
...The Tirei and
the garimpo
...Impact on agriculture
and settlement patterns
...Impact on water
resources
...Impact on plant
resources
...Impact on game
resources
. ......Peccary
disappearance
...Yanomami adaptations
...The current status
of hunting
...Health
. ......Malaria
and other epidemics
. ......Mortality
. ......Mercury
. ......Other
waste
...PRELIMINARY
RESULTS OS PLANTING
. ......Key
Points
Yanomae
(Eastern Yanomami) sounds and writing
. ......Vowels
. ......The
consonants
. ......Syllables
