How long have Focus Group and Neighbour Group people been in contact overall?

Colonial sources mention Mataguayans and Guaicuruans in the region. Nevertheless, our historical information starts on the late 19th Century.

Our focus group is Western Toba. We have field experience with the language and the people; there are multiple varieties of the Toba language, and such linguistic varieties correspond to cultural and regional variations as well.

What is the overall time frame when the largest number of people had the most opportunities for interaction?

The overall time frame when the largest number of people had the most opportunities for interaction was probably before the arrival of criollo settlers at the end of the 19th Century. Nevertheless, as our historical information starts on the late 19th Century, we will focus our answers between late 19th Century and early 20th Century.

How long have Focus Group and Neighbour Group people practised exchange for?

Western Toba and Wichí people practised exchange since they met one another. Neverthless, we have historical information since the 19th Century.

What is the time frame when the largest number of people had the most opportunities for interaction in exchange?

We speculate in previous historical times before 19th Century and the arrival of Criollo settlers. Nevertheless, there are no historical records for the period before 19th Century.

How long have Focus Group and Neighbour Group peoples been forming families with each other for?

At least since the 19th Century.

What’s the time frame of densest contact between Focus Group and Neighbour Group as far as family formation is concerned?

Share residence of Western Toba and Wichí in urban neighborhoods since the late 20th Century.

How long have Focus Group and Neighbour Group people been involved in the knowledge domain together for?

Recently, during the 20th Century, in the context of meetings of the Anglican Church.

What is the time frame when the largest number of people had the most opportunities for interaction in the knowledge domain?

During the 20th Century.

How long have Focus Group people and Neighbour Group people worked together for?

During the first half of the 20th Century, Western Toba and Wichí people worked together at the sugar-cane plantations in Northern Argentina.

What is the time frame when the largest number of people had the most opportunities for interaction in the labour domain?

From 1930 to 1960.

How long have Focus Group and Neighbour Group people been in contact in the local community?

We estimate that Western Toba and Wichí people have been in contact in the local community for as long as they know one another. Nevertheless, our data starts in the mid 19th Century.

What is the time frame when the largest number of people had the most opportunities for interaction in the local community?

In the first two decades of the 21th Century.

How long have Focus Group and Neighbour Group people traded for?

Since they first met in the region. As we only have information from the 20th Century, we are focusing on this period.

What is the time frame when the largest number of people had the most opportunities for interaction in trade?

We presume that there were many opportunities for interaction in trade in earlier centuries, but, in the time frame that we are focusing on, we would say the first half of the 20th Century.