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Table 1.9 (continued)
People
Percentage dependence on: Primary subsistence
Gathering Hunting Fishing source
- Chamacoco 60 40 0 G
- Aweikomaa 60 40 0 G
- Botocudo 50 40 10 G
Total 16 3 5
a In some of the cases marked, the subsistence percentages have been changed from those
published in the Ethnographic Atlas. The categories have been redefined so that shell fishing is
included under ‘Gathering’, and pursuit of sea-mammals under ‘Hunting’. In the Atlas, both are
included under ‘Fishing’.
Figure 1.2 North American Hunter-gatherers
