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Subsistence ecology of central Kalahari San

Kalahari hunter-gatherers : studies of the !Kung San and their neighborsCambridge, Mass.Published In 1976 • Pages: 98-119, 396

By: Tanaka, JirŌ.

AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
In this study Tanaka examines central Kalahari subsistence patterns in detail, making comparisons in the process with the comparable material from the Dobe area in an attempt to delineate the range of variation among the Kalahari hunting and gathering peoples. Emphasis in the work is on the Kade San made up of /Gwi and //Gana groups. The document deals with ecology, culture change, and ecological adaptation.
SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
Fauna
Flora
Nutrition
Annual cycle
Collecting
Hunting and trapping
Diet
Water supply
Settlement patterns
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
John Beierle ; 1988
Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
no date
Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
ca. 1967-1972
Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
Kade San (/Gwi and //Gana), central Kalahari, Botswana
NotesAdditional notes
Jiro Tanaka
For bibliographical references see 45: Lee and DeVore
LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
75028320
LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
San (African people)