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..
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.
- 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)