The Continuing Importance of Hunter-Gatherer Studies in - H-Net
... own definition of hunting and gathering as “subsistence activities entailing negligible control over the gene pool of food resources” (p. 3) and rightly conclude that this is Rich and largely unprecedented biological and de- still a meaningful and useful category in anthropology. mographic data for ...
... own definition of hunting and gathering as “subsistence activities entailing negligible control over the gene pool of food resources” (p. 3) and rightly conclude that this is Rich and largely unprecedented biological and de- still a meaningful and useful category in anthropology. mographic data for ...
The Kirghiz and Wakhi of Afghanistan 1 THE KIRGHIZ AND WAKHI
... generations with a residence pattern which is distinctly patrilocal and not matrilocal or avunculocal or bilocal or neolocal. The Wakhi are agriculturalists who use simple plow-animal technique to till the land. An inconsiderable part of land-rich Wakhis engage themselves in pastoralism. Both the se ...
... generations with a residence pattern which is distinctly patrilocal and not matrilocal or avunculocal or bilocal or neolocal. The Wakhi are agriculturalists who use simple plow-animal technique to till the land. An inconsiderable part of land-rich Wakhis engage themselves in pastoralism. Both the se ...
Theories of Nomadic Movement: A New Theoretical Approach for
... herded. In short, for pastoral societies “social significant phenomena” comprise a far wider category than “social phenomena”, and the present unsatisfactory state of nomadic studies must in part be attributed to the slowness with which social anthropologists have come to terms with the results of v ...
... herded. In short, for pastoral societies “social significant phenomena” comprise a far wider category than “social phenomena”, and the present unsatisfactory state of nomadic studies must in part be attributed to the slowness with which social anthropologists have come to terms with the results of v ...
Technological Introductions and Social Change
... regarding marriage. Among the Blackfeet, a low sex ratio caused by warfare and dangerous hunts did allow for polygyny in the pedestrian culture, but it was enhanced drastically by the advent of horses (Ewers 1955). Wealthy men were suddenly able to support more than three wives if they had a large e ...
... regarding marriage. Among the Blackfeet, a low sex ratio caused by warfare and dangerous hunts did allow for polygyny in the pedestrian culture, but it was enhanced drastically by the advent of horses (Ewers 1955). Wealthy men were suddenly able to support more than three wives if they had a large e ...
Applications of Structural Endogamy A Turkish Nomadic Clan as
... “ Hu married to village wife (34) or husband (1) 11 ...
... “ Hu married to village wife (34) or husband (1) 11 ...
A Review of African Pastoral Production Systems: Approaches to
... the change in output resulting from a change (not necessarily a proportionate change) in all inputs. If the change in output is less than the change in inputs, diseconomies of size result. If the change in output is equal to or is greater than the change in inputs, economies of size exist (Doll and ...
... the change in output resulting from a change (not necessarily a proportionate change) in all inputs. If the change in output is less than the change in inputs, diseconomies of size result. If the change in output is equal to or is greater than the change in inputs, economies of size exist (Doll and ...
Who are the Kuchi? Nomad self
... to direct, asserted that every Afghan knew which single qawm he/she belonged to and would give the same answer to any questioner. My field research in Afghanistan – like that of Pierre Centlivres, Jon Anderson, and others – clearly documented that this assertion was invalid.9 Elsewhere Balland write ...
... to direct, asserted that every Afghan knew which single qawm he/she belonged to and would give the same answer to any questioner. My field research in Afghanistan – like that of Pierre Centlivres, Jon Anderson, and others – clearly documented that this assertion was invalid.9 Elsewhere Balland write ...
Look inside
... 2011). Scott then listened to our talk on, among other topics, the subject of ‘our’ maritime Zomias. Amidst all the criticism and debates, the objections raised by many researchers to the disappearance of Scott’s Zomia after World War II seemed to have sparked his interest. ‘Academics are even now t ...
... 2011). Scott then listened to our talk on, among other topics, the subject of ‘our’ maritime Zomias. Amidst all the criticism and debates, the objections raised by many researchers to the disappearance of Scott’s Zomia after World War II seemed to have sparked his interest. ‘Academics are even now t ...
Reader 1 - Development of Civilizations
... Neolithic or Agricultural Revolution The Neolithic Revolution was the last part of the Stone Age, and describes the era when the use of metal tools, weapons and farming was discovered. About 10,000 years ago, people in the Mesopotamia region began to realize they could domesticate plants, allowing t ...
... Neolithic or Agricultural Revolution The Neolithic Revolution was the last part of the Stone Age, and describes the era when the use of metal tools, weapons and farming was discovered. About 10,000 years ago, people in the Mesopotamia region began to realize they could domesticate plants, allowing t ...
Max-Planck-Institut für ethnologische Forschung Max Planck
... these disciplines. Cognitive Specialisations of Nomadic Pastoralists In our workshop, we propose a specific focus on cognitive specialisations among members of nomadic pastoral societies. The reason for this focus is that the special conditions, in which these people find themselves due to their nom ...
... these disciplines. Cognitive Specialisations of Nomadic Pastoralists In our workshop, we propose a specific focus on cognitive specialisations among members of nomadic pastoral societies. The reason for this focus is that the special conditions, in which these people find themselves due to their nom ...
Who discovered the bones of the earliest known human at Olduvai
... plants began to be cultivated. Food surpluses in the Neolithic farming village of Çatal Hüyük made it possible for people to do things other than farming. Men became more active in farming and herding animals, while women stayed at home to care for the children, weave cloth, and perform other jo ...
... plants began to be cultivated. Food surpluses in the Neolithic farming village of Çatal Hüyük made it possible for people to do things other than farming. Men became more active in farming and herding animals, while women stayed at home to care for the children, weave cloth, and perform other jo ...
cultural concepts
... • The ways societies transform the material resources of the environment into food, clothing, and shelter. • They develop in response to: – seasonal variation in the environment – environmental variations such as drought, flood, or animal diseases ...
... • The ways societies transform the material resources of the environment into food, clothing, and shelter. • They develop in response to: – seasonal variation in the environment – environmental variations such as drought, flood, or animal diseases ...
Shifts and Drifts in Nomad-Sedentary Relations - Beck-Shop
... and their mobile pastoralist ways of life. Thomas Brüggemann deals with the late period of Roman and Vandal rule in North Africa giving emphasis to the integrative role of Latin as lingua franca. Nomad activity, essential for the history of North Africa, and yet so distant from our Classical source ...
... and their mobile pastoralist ways of life. Thomas Brüggemann deals with the late period of Roman and Vandal rule in North Africa giving emphasis to the integrative role of Latin as lingua franca. Nomad activity, essential for the history of North Africa, and yet so distant from our Classical source ...
Nomad
A nomad (Greek: νομάς, nomas, plural νομάδες, nomades; meaning one roaming about for pasture, pastoral tribe) is a member of a community of people who live in different locations, moving from one place to another. Among the various ways Nomads relate to their environment, one can distinguish the hunter-gatherer, the pastoral nomad owning livestock, or the ""modern"" peripatetic nomad.As of 1995, there were an estimated 30–40 million nomads in the world.Nomadic hunting and gathering, following seasonally available wild plants and game, is by far the oldest human subsistence method. Pastoralists raise herds, driving them, and/or moving with them, in patterns that normally avoid depleting pastures beyond their ability to recover.Nomadism is also a lifestyle adapted to infertile regions such as steppe, tundra, or ice and sand, where mobility is the most efficient strategy for exploiting scarce resources. Sometimes also described as ""nomadic"" are the various itinerant populations who move about in densely populated areas living not on natural resources, but by offering services (craft or trade) to the resident population. These groups are known as ""peripatetic nomads"".