Book

Sherpa settlement and subsistance: cultural ecology and history in highland Nepal

University Microfilms InternationalAnn Arbor, Mich. • Published In 1990 • Pages:

By: Stevens, Stanley F..

Abstract
This dissertation presents a cultural ecological study of land use, management, and transformation among the Khumbu Sherpas of Nepal. The source examines ways in which the Sherpas have adapted to their difficult mountain environment through their distinctive subsistence practices and resource management institutions. 'This examination of patterns of agriculture, pastoralism, and forest developed over four centuries highlights the dynamic interaction in changing subsistence strategies between resource requirements, local environmental knowledge, community regulation of resource use, and continuing affirmation of enduring cultural assumption and values which have remained characteristically Sherpa through generations' (p. 1). The source provides information on the Sherpa economy, with particular emphasis on agriculture, pastoralism, and forest use and management.
Subjects
Theoretical orientation in research and its results
Climate
Topography and geology
Flora
Acculturation and culture contact
Sociocultural trends
Functional and adaptational interpretations
Cultural goals
Pastoral activities
Tillage
Vegetable production
Land use
Lumbering
Settlement patterns
Production and supply
External trade
culture
Sherpa
HRAF PubDate
2004
Region
Asia
Sub Region
Central Asia
Document Type
Book
Evaluation
Creator Type
Geographer
Document Rating
4: Excellent Secondary Data
5: Excellent Primary Data
Analyst
John Beierle ; 1991
Field Date
1979-1987
Coverage Date
1957-1987
Coverage Place
Khumbu region, Nepal
Notes
[by] Stanley Francis Stevens
Thesis (Ph.D.) - University of California at Berkeley, 1989
UM9006525
Includes bibliographical references (p.472-486)
For the most part uses Fürer-Haimendorf's 1957 data as comparative baseline, although Stevens does delve into earlier historical data and oral history for additional information about traditional substance patterns.
LCSH
Sherpa (Nepalese people)