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Household and kin provisioning by Hadza men
Human nature • 24 • Published In 2013 • Pages: 280-317
By: Wood, Brian, Marlowe, Frank.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This article tests several theories about the evolutionary-ecological forces and politico-economic processes influencing the foraging and food sharing behavior of Hadza men. Data collected on food produced, received, and consumed at both the individual and household level show that Hadza men do not specialize in big game hunting as some researchers previously claimed. Instead, a significant amount of the food they bring home comes from hunting small game, and collecting honey and wild fruits. However, the study also shows that success in killing large game brings both nutritional and social benefits to the hunter. Nutritionally, the hunter allocates choice meat to his own household and close kin. Socially, the hunter gains increased respect and prestige by sharing the remaining meat with other camp members and visitors. The authors emphasize the significance of this analysis for understanding why Hadza women prefer good hunters as husbands, and why successful hunters have higher fertility rates than others.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Hunting and trapping
- Annual cycle
- Collecting
- Settlement patterns
- Division of labor by gender
- Gift giving
- Production and supply
- Family relationships
- Social personality
- Diet
- Nutrition
- Infant feeding
- Child care
- Environmental quality
- Basis of marriage
- Functional and adaptational interpretations
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Hadza
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2019
- RegionThe area the document pertains to
- Africa
- Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
- Eastern Africa
- Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
- article
- Evaluation
- Creator TypesThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Biological Anthropologist
- Anthropologist
- 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.
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- Teferi Abate Adem; 2018
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 2005-2007, 2009
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 2005-2009
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Lake Eyasi area, Tanzania
- NotesAdditional notes
- Brian M. Wood ; Frank W. Marlowe
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 314-317)
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 78640803
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Hatsa (African people)