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The !Kung Bushmen of Botswana
Hunters and gatherers today • New York • Published In 1972 • Pages: 327-368
By: Lee, Richard B..
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This source presents an overview of the ecology, economy, and society of the Dobe area !Kung San. Following a brief discussion of the status of the San during the period from 1963 to 1966, the author examines several topics, including population, habitat, climate, epidemiology, resource base, subsistence pattern, group structure, kinship and the naming relationship, marriage, and conflict management.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Linguistic identification
- Identification
- Fauna
- Functional and adaptational interpretations
- Hunting and trapping
- Social relationships and groups
- Ingroup antagonisms
- Community structure
- 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 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 ; John Beierle ; 1988
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1963-1966
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1963-1965
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Dobe area, Botswana
- NotesAdditional notes
- Richard Borshay Lee
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 365-367)
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 70179547
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- San (African people)