Event Details

Flying Down to Ecuador and Meeting the Jivaro Tribe Head-On

Time: 8:00 pm til 9:30 pm

Location: Miami Science Museum, 3280 South Miami Avenue

Description: In 2006, Robert Feeney completed Florida Atlantic University’s Archaeological Field School in Ecuador. At the close of the program he undertook a one-man expedition to study the Jivaro Tribe (now called the “Shuar”) of the Amazonian Region. He has written a short enthnography of the tribe and their peculiar custom of head-hunting; from which their reputation of ferocity has made them an elusive tribe in past centuries. Feeney will be giving a slide presentation of his fieldwork activities and present some artifacts collected during his travels.
Robert Feeney is continuing his work on his anthropology degree at Florida Atlantic University. He is an avid archaeological enthusiast, ethnographer, avocational paleontologist, amateur radio operator, scuba diving instructor and a member of the Institute of Maya Studies, the Gold Coast Anthropological Society and the Maine Historical Society.

FPAN is hosting this event.