essay
The pathways of the past: !Kung San HXARO exchange and history
überlebensstrategien in Afrika, herausgegeben von Michael Bollig und Frank Klees • Köln • Published In 1994 • Pages: 101-124
By: Wiessner, Pauline Wilson.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
In this article, Wiessner examines the long-term and broad spatial arrangements of HXARO trading partnerships and networks. He argues that HXARO relationships are more formally developed than heretofore described in the literature. They are in fact complex networks, or pathways, of reciprocity that link resources over a wide region. Wiessner discusses how families can inherit an HXARO relationship and how partnerships can be dormant for a period of time and then revived. His discussion raises the HXARO to a level of cultural practice commensurate with Australian Aborigine dream lines and Trobriand Kula rings, in this reader's mind.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Exchange transactions
- Internal trade
- External trade
- Household
- Inter-community relations
- 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.
- 4: Excellent Secondary Data
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- Ian Skoggard ; 2003
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1973-1975
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 2000 BP - AD 1975
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- southern Africa
- NotesAdditional notes
- Polly Wiessner
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 122-124)
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 95149654
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- San (African people)