View metadata, citation and similar papers at core.ac.uk brought to you by CORE provided by Trinity University Tipití: Journal of the Society for the Anthropology of Lowland South America ISSN: 2572-3626 (online) Volume 5 | Issue 2 Article 2 December 2007 Did the Kulinas become the Marubos? A Linguistic and Ethnohistorical Investigation David W. Fleck Research Centre for Linguistic Typology, La Trobe University,
[email protected] Follow this and additional works at: http://digitalcommons.trinity.edu/tipiti Part of the Anthropology Commons Recommended Citation Fleck, David W. (2007). "Did the Kulinas become the Marubos? A Linguistic and Ethnohistorical Investigation," Tipití: Journal of the Society for the Anthropology of Lowland South America: Vol. 5: Iss. 2, Article 2. Available at: http://digitalcommons.trinity.edu/tipiti/vol5/iss2/2 This Article is brought to you for free and open access by Digital Commons @ Trinity. It has been accepted for inclusion in Tipití: Journal of the Society for the Anthropology of Lowland South America by an authorized editor of Digital Commons @ Trinity. For more information, please contact
[email protected]. Tipití (2007) 5(2):137–207 © 2007 SALSA 137 ISSN 1545-4703 Printed in USA Did the Kulinas become the Marubos? A Linguistic and Ethnohistorical Investigation DAVID W. FLECK Research Centre for Linguistic Typology, La Trobe University
[email protected] INTRODUCTION This essay explores the linguistic and historical connections among several indigenous groups of Western Amazonia that have been denominated “Kulina,” “Marubo,” or variants of these terms. Because the groups in question have not been in continuous contact with non- indigenous societies throughout the past centuries, much confusion has surrounded their ethnic and linguistic identity.