Book

Saami ethnoecology: resource management in Norwegian Lapland

University Microfilms International • Ann Arbor, Mich. • Published In 1978 • Pages:

By: Anderson, Myrdene.

Abstract

This study is the result of nearly five years of fieldwork among the Saami of the regions comprising western Finnmark and northern Troms counties in Norway. The primary focus, however, is the GUOV'DAGEAI'DNO (or KAUTOKEINO) area located in Finnmark County, Norway. 'The social organization, folk knowledge, and physiographic factors shaping Saami transactions with the natural environment are systematized for various ethnoecologic domains and examined for patterns underlying the structure, persistence, and change in the classification of knowledge involved in resource management' (p. i). The work consists of three volumes. Volume I presents the methodology, data on the primary social units of the Saami, life cycle and annual cycle events, daily routine, and temporal factors bearing on ethnoecology. Volume II deals with the concepts of space, its structure and occupation, spatial factors bearing on ethnoecology, and the organization of environmental resources (with much data on native fauna and flora and their utilization), and the social organization of resource management. Volume III consists of four appendices dealing with language, culture history, modern reindeer management (ca. 1971-1976), and GUOV'DAGEAI'DNO and its environs as it exists today (ca.1971-1976).

HRAF PubDate

1996

Region

Europe

Sub Region

Scandinavia

Document Type

Book

Evaluation

Creator Type

Ethnologist

Document Rating

5: Excellent Primary Data

Analyst

John Beierle ; 1994

Field Date

ca. 1971-1976 (p. v)

Coverage Date

variable

Coverage Place

Guov'dageai'dno (Kautokeino) area, Finnmark County, northern Norway (p. v)

Notes

Myrdene Anderson

UM 7915912

Includes bibliographical references (p. 859-941)

Thesis (Ph.D.) -- Yale University, 1978

LCSH

Saami (European people)/Human ecology