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.
Abstract
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.
- HRAF PubDate
- 2005
- Region
- Africa
- Sub Region
- Southern Africa
- Document Type
- essay
- Evaluation
- Creator Type
- Ethnologist
- Document Rating
- 4: Excellent Secondary Data
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- Analyst
- Ian Skoggard ; 2003
- Field Date
- 1973-1975
- Coverage Date
- 2000 BP - AD 1975
- Coverage Place
- southern Africa
- Notes
- Polly Wiessner
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 122-124)
- LCCN
- 95149654
- LCSH
- San (African people)