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Subsistence hunting and resource management among the Ju/'hoansi of northwestern Botswana
African study monographs • 17 (4) • Published In 1996 • Pages: 153-219
By: Hitchcock, Robert K., Yellen, John E., Gelburd, Diane J., Osborn, Alan J., Crowell, Aron J..
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
An assessment of subsistence hunting and natural resource management among Ju/'hoansi Bushmen (San) over a period of 30 years from the 1960s to 1995 was carried out as part of anthropological investigations of remote foraging and food-producing populations in the northwestern Kalahari Desert region of Botswana and Namibia. The Ju/'hoansi pursue a diversified set of resource management and utilization strategies, exploiting over 50 species of mammals, birds, and other fauna using a variety of tools and techniques. Wildlife offtake rates in the 1960s were well below replacement rates. Although changes have occurred over time in technology and in the use of dogs, donkeys, and horses in hunting, the numbers of animals taken by subsistence hunters were still below sustainable yields in 1995, and wildlife products continue to play a significant role in the socioeconomic and ideological systems of Ju/'hoansi. These findings underscore the importance of ensuring a continuation of the right to hunt legally and to engage in local community-based natural resource management projects (p. 153).
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Climate
- Topography and geology
- Fauna
- Flora
- Sociocultural trends
- Fowling
- Hunting and trapping
- Land use
- Settlement patterns
- Weapons
- General tools
- Production and supply
- Community structure
- Government regulation
- 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
- article
- 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 ; 2003
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- late 1960s, 1995
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1960s-1995
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- northwestern Botswana and northern Namibia
- NotesAdditional notes
- Robert K. Hitchcock, John E. Yellen, Diane J. Gelburd, Alan J. Osborn, Aron L. Crowell
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 208-214)
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 82641558
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- San (African people)