Mission en temps de guerre : Alfred Métraux dans le Pilcomayo by Lorena I. Córdoba

“…The peculiar sociopolitical circumstances that encompassed Métraux’s fieldwork are detailed: the logistical problems due to the feeble economic situation of University of Tucumán, the Chaco War between Bolivia and Paraguay (1932-1935), the inescapable relationship with the Anglican settlements of the South American Missionary Society and the tense situation on the national frontier between Argentina and Paraguay. …”
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Zamucoan ethnonymy in the 18th century and the etymology of Ayoreo by Luca Ciucci

“…Finally, although Ayoreo, “people, human beings,” is an autochthonous word, its adoption as an ethnonym is relatively recent and is due to social dynamics common to other Chacoan populations after the Chaco War.…”
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