Ayoreo Forest

The northern Chaco is a vast country of dry forest, thorn scrub and seasonal clearings. It forms part of Eami, the homeland of the Ayoreo people. Local groups moved within their own extensive territories, gathering wild foods and honey and hunting the animals of the forest. During the rains, small fields of maize, beans and squash supplemented these resources. Groups could separate and come together again as conditions and relationships changed.