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Chaco

The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition | 2008 | The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. Copyright 2008 Columbia University Press. (Hide copyright information) Copyright

Chaco   Chaco Austral,   Chaco Boreal,   Chaco Central, and Chaco War: see Gran Chaco .

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Genetic Structure and Gene Flow in Gran Chaco Populations of Argentina: Evidence from Y-Chromosome Markers
Magazine article from: Human Biology; 6/1/2004; ; 700+ words ; Abstract The Gran Chaco region of central South America has been...tribes of the Argentinean part of the Gran Chaco (Pilaga, Wichi, and Toba, representing...Unlike most other native Americans, Gran Chaco males show a moderate level of diversity...
Genetic structure and gene flow in Gran Chaco populations of Argentina: evidence from Y-chromosome markers.
Magazine article from: Human Biology; 6/1/2004; ; 700+ words ; The Gran Chaco lies in the center of the South American...forest. Until the early 20th century, the Gran Chaco, especially the eastern and southern...accounts for the Quechua-given name Gran Chaco, or "great hunting" area (Steward...
Tras el rastro del pecari. (especies en peligro de extinción en el Gran Chaco, América del Sur)(TT: On the trail of the peccary) (TA: species in danger of extinction in the Gran Chaco, South America)
Magazine article from: Américas (Spanish Edition); 7/1/1996; ; 700+ words ; ...sus especies se en peligro de extincin en el Gran Chaco El calor de la media maana del Gran Chaco boliviano comenzaba a agobiar al bilogo Andrew...de las Amricas. Slo existen en la regin del Gran Chaco en el sudeste de Bolivia, el norte de la Argentina...
En defensa del futuro del Chaco.(Paraguay)(TT: In defense of Chacos future.)(TA: Paraguay)
Magazine article from: Américas (Spanish Edition); 3/1/1999; ; 700+ words ; ...internacional sobre una zona protegida del Chaco paraguayo. El Parque Nacional Defensores del Chaco abarca una gran parte de los 650.000 kilmetros cuadrados conocidos como el Gran Chaco, que se extiende en el norte hacia...
The Indians of the Paraguayan Chaco: identity and economy.(book)(Book Review)
Magazine article from: Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute; 9/1/2005; ; 700+ words ; ...s The Indians of the Paraguayan Chaco: identity and economy offers both...Metraux's classic 'Ethnography of the Chaco', published in 1946 in John Steward...The present-day Indians of the Gran Chaco', by the White Russian emigre and...
The Chaco Mission Frontier: The Guaycuruan Experience
Magazine article from: The Catholic Historical Review; 4/1/2004; ; 700+ words ; The Chaco Mission Frontier: The Guaycuruan Experience...Guaycuruan hunter-gatherers of the Gran Chaco. They constituted people who valued war...different in important ways. Missions in the Gran Chaco were not in the vanguard of Spanish penetration...
Landscapes of Devils: Tensions of Place and Memory in the Argentinean Chaco.(Book review)
Magazine article from: Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute; 6/1/2006; ; 700+ words ; ...place and memory in the Argentinean Chaco. xviii, 304 pp., maps, illus...pounds sterling]16.95 (paper) The Gran Chaco is an understudied South American...experiences of the Toba of the Argentinean Chaco. Gordillo discusses the class component...
Las dos caras del agua en el litoral chaqueño durante los últimos veinticinco años del siglo xx.(desarrollo de recursos hidrológicos; efectos ambientales y ecológicos; Argentina)(TT: Detriments and benefits of water resources in the Chaco region in the last quarter of the Twentieth Century.)(TA: development of water resources; environmental and social effects; Argentina)
Magazine article from: Revista Geográfica; 1/1/2002; ; 700+ words ; ...Argentina: planicie paranaense de Chaco y Formosa en los ltimos veinticinco...bajas del litoral paranaense de Chaco y Formosa y hoy est sufriendo...gestin, en la provincia del Chaco el gobierno implement un Plan Preventivo de Defensa para el Gran Resistencia a llevarse a cabo...
TRANS CHACO RALLYE Agradable sorpresa.(carrera de autos en Paraguay)(TT: Trans Chaco Rallye: nice surprise.)(TA: car race in Paraguay)
Magazine article from: Automundo Magazine; 1/1/1999; 489 words ; ...uno de los ms sorprendentes rallies Trans Chaco en los 25 aos de la historia de los rallies...evento y en particular Toyota, con un gran team de Celicas en el Grupo A, al igual...que han participado en cada rally Trans Chaco, habiendo ganado en 1972 con un VW Beetle...
Un 'Chaco' de humildad.(Señor Futbol)
Newspaper article from: Reforma (México D.F., México); 7/11/2005; 700+ words ; ...su origen. El nativo de Resistencia, Chaco, un pequeo barrio ubicado a un millar...Aires), donde pude ser testigo de una gran pobreza, de la falta de recursos. Gracias...recordar su vida en el puerto jarocho, Chaco se introduce ms en la indigencia y en la...

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Gran Chaco
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition Gran Chaco or Chaco, c.250,000 sq mi (647...is the only habitable section of the Gran Chaco. The discovery of oil in a narrow strip...Bolivia and Paraguay. This territory of the Gran Chaco had been disputed since 1810. Technically...
Chaco
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition Chaco Chaco Austral, Chaco Boreal, Chaco Central, and Chaco War: see Gran Chaco .
Chaco War
Book article from: A Dictionary of World History Chaco War (1932–35) A conflict between Paraguay and Bolivia. The Gran Chaco, an extensive lowland plain, had been...prompted it to push its claims to the Chaco. Border clashes in the late 1920s led to...
Maká
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Cultures ...Indians that used to roam in the Gran Chaco — the enormous plain that...when in mourning. Location. The Gran Chaco is an enormous wooded plain with...kept the Paraguayan border of the Gran Chaco in a state of war until well into...
Mataco
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Cultures ...little-known dry forests of the Gran Chaco. Location. Ever since their habitat...have lived in northern and central Gran Chaco, roughly in the area between the...Lomitas in Argentina. This part of the Gran Chaco is known as the hottest region of...

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