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Ethnoarchaeology of subsistence space and gender: a subarctic Dene case

American antiquity62 (3)Published In 1997 • Pages: 414-436

By: Brumbach, Hetty Jo, Jarvenpa, Robert.

AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This article discusses "…the relationship between a fundamental aspect of social life -- the cultural construction of gender -- and the spatial organization of hunting" (p. 414). Data for the study were gathered from a southern Chipewyan group, the Patuanak, of the Upper Churchill River area of Saskatchewan, Canada. The authors suggest "…that more attention to gender dynamics may alter prevailing ideas about hunting behavior and foraging economics generally, and, at the same time, offer new dimensions of variability for explaining the archaeological record" (p. 414).
SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
Prehistory
Hunting and trapping
Settlement patterns
Division of labor by gender
Travel
Gender roles and issues
cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
Chipewyans
HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
2000
RegionThe area the document pertains to
North America
Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
Arctic and Subarctic
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.
Sociocultural Anthropologist
Archaeologist
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
John Beierle; 1999
Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
1970s
Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
prehistory period - 1990s
Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
Patuanak Chipewyans, Upper Churchill River area, Saskatchewan, Canada
NotesAdditional notes
Hetty Jo Brumbach and Robert Jarvenpa
Includes bibliographical references (p. 434-436)
LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
Chipewyan Indians