Imagine making your living by hunting, fishing, and collecting wild plants and insects. Imagine having to worry about being attacked by a jaguar or some other wild animal. This is how our ancestors lived for hundreds of thousands of years, but only a few peoples carry on this ancient lifestyle today. One of the few are the Ache, hunter-gatherers living in Paraguay, a country in South America. Magdalena Hurtado is an anthropologist who has been studying the Ache for fifteen years. She has spent years living with the Ache people: learning their language, observing their history. The photographs and text offer invaluable insight into the work of an anthropologist.

• ISBN: 9780618083688
• Authors: Batten, Mary; Hill, Kim; Magdalena Hurtado, A.
• Published: 2001 , Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
• Themes: anthropology, Indigenous, Women and girls
• Descriptors: Americas, Information Book, Intermediate (ages 9-14), Paraguay, South America
• No. of pages: 75