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Synthesis and lessons
turkana herders of the dry savanna : ecology and biobehavioral response of nomads to an uncertain environment • Oxford • Published In 1999 • Pages: 354-373
By: Leslie, Paul W..
Abstract
Synthesizing the main findings of a multi-disciplinary research project, this document argues that the Turkana have been successful over the short term of several centuries in establishing a pattern of social organization, subsistence, and environmental manipulation that has allowed them to survive and even expand to their present number and geographic extent. This has been achieved by mixes of competition and cooperation, planning and opportunism, and sophisticated livestock management and mobility.
- HRAF PubDate
- 2010
- Region
- Africa
- Sub Region
- Eastern Africa
- Document Type
- essay
- Evaluation
- Creator Types
- Anthropologist
- Ecologist
- Document Rating
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- Analyst
- Teferi Abate Adem; 2009
- Field Date
- 1980-1996
- Coverage Date
- 1980-1999
- Coverage Place
- Turkana, Kenya
- Notes
- Paul W. Leslie, Michael A. Little, Rada Dyson-Hudson, and Neville Dyson-Hudson
- For bibliographical references see document 24: Little and Leslie
- LCCN
- 99219983
- LCSH
- Turkana (African people)