Nomads of the Longbow

Nomads of the Longbow ^[1] is a book by Allan R Holmberg, an anthropologist who studied Peru and other South American indigenous peoples. The book concerns itself with the indigenous Bolivians, the Sirionó, who were determined to be rather backward and undeveloped in terms of culture and civilization. This determination was applied to other indigenous groups of people from both North and South America. ^[2] Holmberg's conclusions, and his basis for those conclusions, have been strongly rejected in 1491: New Revelations of the Americas Before Columbus, by Charles C. Mann.

References

1. ^ Holmberg, AR 1950 Nomads of the Longbow. Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington, DC
2. ^ "The Myth of the Passive Indian". http://www.reason.com/news/show/33298.html. Retrieved 2007-10-28.