Book review: Birds in the Daily Life of the Toba Indigenous People from the West of the Province of Formosa (Argentina)

SCARPA, G.F.

Ethnobiology Letters

Society of Ethnobiology

Lugar: Denton, Texas; Año: 2010 vol. 1 p. 35 - 36

2159-8126

This book, whose original title is "Las aves en la vida de los toba del oeste de la provincia de Formosa (Argentina),” is undoubtedly the foundation of Argentinian ethnozoology, since there is as yet no exhaustive monograph on the subject. The authors present the results of an extensive ethno-ornithological research program aimed mainly at knowing how the Toba name, perceive, conceive, use and relate to birds in their natural environment. Once hunter-gatherers and fishermen, Toba are currently experiencing an intensive process of assimilation into the Argentinian way of life. Toba are one of the most populous ethnic groups of the Gran Chaco, the second largest forested region in South America after the Amazon basin.