Book
The San hunter-gatherers of the Kalahari: a study in ecological anthropology
University of Tokyo Press • Tokyo • Published In 1980 • Pages:
By: Tanaka, JirŌ, Hughes, David W..
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This source is an ecological study of the Central Kalahari San of the Kade area and is an attempt, in the author's words, 'to elucidate the original configuration of human society in order to discover the relationship between subhuman primate societies and human societies' (p. xi). The bulk of the source is concerned with an examination of the environment, subsistence and settlement patterns, and residential group dynamics of the Kade area San. In the conclusion of this source the author discusses the implications of his ecological study of the Kade area San for our understanding of the earliest forms of human society in Africa.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Composition of population
- Topography and geology
- Flora
- Household
- Collecting
- Hunting and trapping
- Diet
- Childhood activities
- Community structure
- Comparative evidence
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- San
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2005
- RegionThe area the document pertains to
- Africa
- Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
- Southern Africa
- 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.
- Ethnologist
- 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
- Gerald Reid ; 1988
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1966-1974
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1966-1974
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Kade area, Central Kalahari Game Reserve, Botswana
- NotesAdditional notes
- Jiro Tanaka ; translated by David W. Hughes
- 'This translation is based on ... Busshuman, published by Shisakusha in 1971'--p. xvi
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 181-191) and index
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 82192635
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- San (African people)