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Ethnoarchaeology and gender: Chipewyan women as hunters
Research in economic anthropology • 16 • Published In 1995 • Pages: 39-82
By: Jarvenpa, Robert, Brumbach, Hetty Jo.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
In this essay Jaravenpa and Brumbach examine the role of gender in structuring subsistence activities among the Patuanak and Knee Lake Chipewyans of the Upper Churchill River area of Saskatchewan. Although both men's and women's activities are discussed, the primary focus of the article is on the contribution of women as hunters, trappers, and fishers to the major food reserves of the society.The archaeological analysis of the tools left behing at various sites, many of which are gender-specific and related to the food and hide processing activities of women, suggest that the role of women in the Chipewyan economy of the past was far greater than the literature would indicate.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Theoretical orientation in research and its results
- Prehistory
- Hunting and trapping
- Preservation and storage of food
- Food preparation
- Work in skins
- Settlement patterns
- General tools
- Division of labor by gender
- 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 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
- John Beierle ; 1999
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- early 1970s - early 1980, 1992
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- late eighteenth century - 1990s
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Patuanak and Knee Lake Chipewyans, Upper Churchill River area, Saskatchewan, Canada
- NotesAdditional notes
- Robert Jarvenpa and Hetty Jo Brumbach
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 39-82)
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 79640245
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Chipewyan Indians