Book
Sherpa settlement and subsistance: cultural ecology and history in highland Nepal
University Microfilms International • Ann Arbor, Mich. • Published In 1990 • Pages:
By: Stevens, Stanley F..
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
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.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- 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
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Sherpa
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2004
- RegionThe area the document pertains to
- Asia
- Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
- Central Asia
- Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
- Book
- Evaluation
- Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Geographer
- Document Rating A ranking done by HRAF anthropologists based on the strength of the source material on a scale of 1 to 5, as follows: 1 - poor; 2 - fair; 3 - good, useful data, but not uniformly excellent; 4 - excellent secondary data; 5 - excellent primary data.
- 4: Excellent Secondary Data
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- John Beierle ; 1991
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1979-1987
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1957-1987
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Khumbu region, Nepal
- NotesAdditional notes
- [by] Stanley Francis Stevens
- Thesis (Ph.D.) - University of California at Berkeley, 1989
- UM9006525
- 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.
- Includes bibliographical references (p.472-486)
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Sherpa (Nepalese people)