The Ecology of the BaríInhabiting the rainforest of the southwest Maracaibo Basin, split by the border between Colombia and Venezuela, the Bar have survived centuries of incursions. Anthropologist Roberto Lizarralde began studying the Bar in 1960, when he made the first modern peaceful contact with this previously unreceptive people; he was joined by anthropologist Stephen Beckerman in 1970. The Ecology of the Bar showcases the findings of their singular long term study.