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The Gwi Bushmen
Hunters and gatherers today • New York • Published In 1972 • Pages: 271-326
By: Silberbauer, George B..
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This article presents a clear, succinct account of the traditional ethnography of the Gwi Bushmen of the Kalahari Desert in Botswana, South Africa. The major topics discussed in this source are language, geography, the economy, spatial disposition of the population (in terms of food supply), inter-band relationships, division of labor, marriage patterns, kinship, socialization processes, religion and social change. The author, a government official, was employed by the British Colonial Service as District Officer in the Bechuanaland (Botswana) Protectorate from 1953-1957, and later served as Bushmen Survey Officer from 1958-1966. The Gwi live in the Kade area, where Sugawara and Tanaka also carried out their fieldwork (See documents nos. 23, 25, 27, 41, and 42)
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Fauna
- Flora
- Topography and geology
- Climate
- Settlement patterns
- Travel
- Functional and adaptational interpretations
- Collecting
- Hunting and trapping
- Child care
- Childhood activities
- Transmission of skills
- 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
- essay
- Evaluation
- Creator TypesThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Ethnologist
- Government Official
- 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
- John Beierle ; 1988
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1958-1966
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1950-1966
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Gwi, Central Kalahari Game Reserve, Botswana
- NotesAdditional notes
- George B. Silberbauer
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 325-326)
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 70179547
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- San (African people)