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Overview The Aka pygmies are a hunter-gatherer group living in the tropical forest regions of South Central Africa and north Congo-Brazzaville. The camps in which they live range from 25 to 30...
Alycia's Bibliography Blundell, Valda 1980 Hunter-Gatherer Territoriality: Ideology and Behavior in Northwest Australia. Ethnohistory: Duke University Press 27(2):103-117. (key words -...
Ambush hunting is designed to take advantage of the feeding behavior of forest antelopes. A man will scout out a tree with fruits that the antelopes enjoy, and will construct a perch 2.5 feet from...
Andrew Brooks Egalitarianism – Critical Review of a Research Article Article Citation Cashdan, Elizabeth A. 1980 Egalitarianism among Hunters and Gatherers. American Anthropologist, New Series...
Condon, Richard G. 1987. Inuit Youth: Growth and Change in the Canadian Arctic. New Brunswick and London: Rutgers University Press. By virtue of the fact that this book focuses on the adolescents...
foldunfold Table of Contents Region Language History Early History 8000-6000 B.C. 4000-2500 B.C. 1000 B.C.-1700 A.D. European Contact The Twentieth...
Australian Aboriginal Tribes Back to Australian-Aborigines [South Wales] [Territory] Queensland South Australia Tasmania Victoria Western Australia [New South...
Back to Homepage for Australian-Aborigines Biskup, P. 1968 White-Aboriginal Relations in Western Australia: An Overview. Comparative Studies in Society and History. 10(4):447-457. (Key words:...
foldunfold Table of Contents Pre-European Contact Settlement and Geography Aboriginal Life - Reconstructed Tribes and Languages The Dreaming Territory Subsistence Pituri, an Australian Aboriginal...
Overview The Baka are a group of Central African foragers living in the western Congo-Zaire river valley, and also Cameroon. The Baka live in single-family homes called mongulus, which are made of...
Return to sexual division of labor page. To learn more about Arctic foragers refer to the Arctic foragers page. Overview There are a variety of Eskimo in the Arctic. Differences can be seen...
Return to sexual division of labor page. To learn more about the Shoshone refer to the Great Basin Indians page. Overview In the Great Basin Shoshone, individual families are the primary...
Return to sexual division of labor page. For more information on the !Kung and other Southern African foragers refer to the Southern African foragers page. Overview The !Kung live predominately...
Return to sexual division of labor page. To learn more about Northwest Coast Indians refer to the Northwest Coast Indians page. Overview The Tolowa, of Northern California, have a diet based...
Return to sexual division of labor page. For more information on the Ona and other South American foragers refer to the South American foragers page. Overview The Ona, otherwise known as...
Introduction In Central Africa, there are four main foraging groups that live in the Congo-Zaire River Basin. The Baka and Aka live in the western Congo-Zaire River basin, and the Mbuti and the...
Return to the sexual division of labor page. Zeanah, David W. 2004 Sexual division of labor and central place foraging: a model for the Carson Desert of western Nevada. Journal of Anthropological...
Introduction Stereotypically, hunter-gatherer groups are thought to be simple, egalitarian societies, such as the Ju/’hoansi, who are characterized by equal access to resources and immense...
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Return to the sexual division of labor page. Draper, Patricia. 1975 !Kung Women: Contrasts in Sexual Egalitarianism in Foraging and Sedentary Contexts: a critical review. Toward an Anthropology of...
Click on the book title for more information Balikci, Asen 1989 [1970] The Netsilik Eskimo. Prospect Heights (IL): Waveland Press. [link to amazon page] Kelly, Robert L. 2007 The foraging spectrum...
On this page you can find some information about the course Anthropology 620.01 Hunter-Gatherers as it was taught in Autumn 2007. Documents Syllabus Reading list Assignments Annotated...
Broadhurst, Robert 1997 Aborigines and Crime in Australia. Crime and Justice 21: 407-468 Crawford, I.M. 1972 Function and Change in Aboriginal Rock Art, Western Australia. World Archaeology...
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The Ainu These are the indigenous people of northern Japan, who, although are classified as foragers, their society has still undergone drastic changes. The encroachment of modern Japanese society...
Introduction The indigenous hunter-gatherer groups of East Africa predate the Bantu movement into this region. These groups include the Okiek (or Ogiek), Sengwer, Yaaku, Hadza (or Hadzabe), Akie,...
Return to the sexual division of labor page. Halperin, Rhoda H. 1980. Ecology and Mode of Production: Seasonal Variation and the Division of Labor by Sex Among Hunter-Gatherers. Journal of...
Overview The Efe are a group of foragers living in the Ituri Forest in the Democratic Republic of Congo. They share this region with three other groups of Central African Foragers. Of these...
foldunfold Table of Contents Introduction Stereotype Variation Collaborative Flow Chart Theories Immediate-Return Societies Delayed-Return Societies Review of 12 theories on foraging...
The Culture Area Concept Problematic early theoretical use of the idea that one could delineate a specific geographic area which could clearly explain borders of cultures. Originally coined by Otis...
Africa A Kalahari Family (2002) "A Kalahari Family is a five-part, six-hour series documenting 50 years in the lives of the Ju/'hoansi of southern Africa, from 1951 to 2000. These once...
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Kelly made this extensive chart to illustrate the great variability in how hunter-gatherers move.
This extensive chart is an attempt to measure the variability of subsistence practices is somewhat due to the environment. ET is Effective Temperature PP is Primary Production *** Kelly...
What is Gender Hierarchy? Harris defines it as: Etic behavioral and etic mental inequalities in sex-linked power relationships as evidenced by physical abuse (homicide, assault and battery, rape,...
Affines: people related by marriage, in-laws. Band: a small foraging group with flexible compostion that migrates seasonally. Behavioral Ecology: the study of the ecological and evolutionary basis...
Introduction The Great Basin is a dry desert located in the southwestern United States. The Great Basin Indians were a diverse group of peoples all brought together by a commonality in their...
Group hunting among the Efe is usually done in groups of 4-30 people. These groups are called mota, after the fire around which they discuss the plans of the upcoming hunt. During these hunts, the...
Overview Health and growth and development of foraging societies varies greatly from group to group. Each society has their own ways of coping with health issues and practices of child rearing....
About this Wiki This Wiki was created by Dr. Mark Moritz's Anthropology 620.01 class, Autumn Quarter, 2007 at The Ohio State University. The goal of this wiki was for us to compile an extensive...
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Hunter-Gatherers According to the archaeological dictionary of the Oxford University Press, hunter-gatherer is: A general term used to refer to societies whose mode of subsistence is gained from...
Man The Hunter Conference Chicago: 1966, "75 scholars, lead by Richard Lee and Irven DeVore met to discuss the status on the existing knowledge of foraging societies and create new perspectives. It...
Marlowe, Frank W. 2007 Hunting and Gathering: The Human Sexual Division of Foraging Labor. Cross-Cultural Research 41(2): 170-195. In the past, the sexual division of labor has been explained as...
Return to the sexual division of labor page. Marlowe, Frank W. 2007 Hunting and Gathering: The Human Sexual Division of Foraging Labor. Cross-Cultural Research 41(2): 170-195. In the past, the...
foldunfold Table of Contents The Iglulingmiut, The Iglulik Subsistence Annual Movement Material Culture Social Structure History Nineteenth Century Twentieth Century The Iglulik Today Further...
The Ituri Forest The Ituri Forest is found on the northeastern lip of the Zaire River Basin. This forest has the highest number of species of any forest in Africa. 15% of these species are...
Kate's Bibliography Brady, Wendy 1997 Indigenous Australian Education and Globalisation. International Review of Education 43(5/6):413-422 (keywords - education, mainstreaming) Carey, Hilary M....
Summary Recent ethnographic studies show variability in the social organizations of hunter-gatherer societies. Until recently, archaeologists had thought these groups to be categorically...
Summary Recent ethnographic studies show variability in the social organizations of hunter-gatherer societies. Until recently, archaeologists had thought these groups to be categorically...
foldunfold Table of Contents Introduction The Economic-Defensibility Model The Great Basin Indians: A Case Study of the Economic-Defensibility Model Social-boundary Defense Navajo Land Use and...
Overview The Mbuti live in small groups in the Democratic Republic of the Congo in Central Africa. Subsistence 60% of the Mbuti's carbohydrate annual caloric intake is obtain through a villager...
Hunting for monkeys is by necessity a solitary activity, as the success of the hunt depends on stealth. The hunter will use his knowledge of the monkey's behavior to predict troupe movement and may...
Artemova, Olga 2003 Monopolization of knowledge, social inequality, and female status: A cross-cultural study. Cross-Cultural Research 37(1):62-80. In this cross cultural study, Artemova asks why...
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This page contains an annotated bibliography of resources concerning Central African foragers. Aunger, Robert 1994 Are Food Avoidances Maladaptive in the Ituri Forest of Zaire? Journal of...
foldunfold Table of Contents The Netsilik (Netsilingmiut) Background Subsistence Strategies Social Structure Kinship Marriage Religious/Spiritual Practices Infanticide The Netsilik Today The...
Forager Societies in the News Forager societies have not disappeared. Here are links to recent mass media articles covering how foraging societies fare in today's world. Did Island Tribes Use...
foldunfold Table of Contents Introduction Environment Groups Shelter Technology Slavery Food Shellfish Religion Potlatch Art Variation Among the Northwest Coast Indians The Kwakiutl The...
Annotated Bibliographies 1. Adams, John W. Recent Ethnology of the Northwest Coast Annual Review of Anthropology, Vol. 10. (1981), pp. 361-392. In the article, Recent Ethnology of the Northwest...
Discussion It is unclear whether and how the Nyae Nyae Conservancies works today. The chapter by Weaver and Skyer (2005) suggests that the program is working and that the Ju/'hoansi are...
Optimal Foraging Optimal foraging was initially defined as the understanding of the factors affecting nonhuman foraging behavior, in which animals will increase their intake of resources and...
foldunfold Table of Contents The Caribou Inuit Some External Links The Thule Inuit Timeline Some External Links Among the many tribes of Inuit that no longer pursue yearlong hunting and...
Here is where we lay out and negotiate the stylistic rules for the site. The basic source for style that we will be using will be the style guide for the American Anthropological Association, which...
Art and Identity of the Kwa Kwaka'Wakw: Box of Treasures Produced by the U'Mista Cultural Society Filmmaker: Dennis Wheeler Narrator: Gloria Crammer Webster This film focuses on Kwa Kwaka'Wakw...
foldunfold Table of Contents Disclaimer Aboriginal Hunting Ainu instruments Bushmen gathering berries and using a GPS Efe bow-hunter (male) and an Efe woman Hadza hunting & tracking a...
foldunfold Table of Contents What is Anthropology? Foraging Researchers Course Materials Research Links Organizations Music Language Images Art Oral Traditions Food Miscellaneous What is...
Collier, Jane F. and Michelle Z. Rosaldo 1981 Politics and Gender in Simple Societies. In Sexual Meanings: The cultural Construction of Gender and Sexuality. Sherry B. Ortner and Harriet Whitehead,...
Begler, Elsie B. 1978 Sex, Status, and Authority in Egalitarian Society American Anthropologist 80(3): 571-588. Elsie B. Begler, in her article Sex, Status, and Authority in Egalitarian Society,...
Overview The sexual division of labor is defined as the delegation of tasks between males and females. Each society has its own division of labor, which creates a wide range of variation among...
Considered to be a universal characteristic of all foraging societies, sharing is the way in which hunter-gatherers regulate the access of food, material goods, land, and other resources. And while...
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Introduction Foraging societies of South America reside in vastly differing environments, from the tropical forests of the Amazon Basin to the plains and coastal climates of Tierra del Fuego....
foldunfold Table of Contents Names Location Population Environment Economy Gathering Mongongos and Optimal Foraging Theory Hunting Sharing and the Practice of Insulting the Meat Why...
Richard B. Lee Born in New York City and raised in Toronto, Canada, 1937 Canadian Cultural Anthropologist Earned B.A. and M.A. from the University of Toronto Earned Ph.D. from the University of...
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foldunfold Table of Contents Location and Environment History Language Subsistence Forest to Reservation Hunting and Fishing Gathering Sharing Social Organization Settlement Patterns Degree of...
foldunfold Table of Contents The Copper Inuit (Ulukhaktokmiut) of Holman Isolation Environment Variability Traditional cycle of behavior due to seasonality Subsistence...
Page Information: This page is dedicated to summaries, explanations and reviews of the chapters and content inside The Foraging Spectrum. This page is for both discussion of the book and a...
Location The Hiwi are located in the modern countries of Columbia and Venezuela. The Hiwi are also known as the Cuiva by the local criollo farmers; however, this is a derogatory term. They are the...
Introduction The location of !Kung San in the Dobe area is outside of the main roads of trade and power. The !Kung defended their lands against the attacks from the Blacks and Whites. When the...
foldunfold Table of Contents Ethnonyms Tierra del Fuego - Environment and Inhabitants European Contact Selk'nam Lifestyle Ceremonial Rites Kinship Terms10 The Last Selk'nam Lola Kiepja Angela...
foldunfold Table of Contents Ethnonyms Demography Relationship to Ona Subsistence Strategies3 Sexual Division of Labor Social Organization Rituals Clothing Bibliography Back to South American...
Home Start Films Glossary Hunter-gatherers Course Materials Images News Resources Topics Complex Forager Societies Egalitarianism Gender Hierarchies Health/Growth & Development History of...
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