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The cultural ecology of dietary change accompanying changing activity patterns among the Shipibo
Human ecology • 14 (4) • Published In 1986 • Pages: 367-396
By: Behrens, Clifford A..
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This paper examines the relationship between cash cropping, wild meat procurement (e.g., hunting and fishing), and diet among the Shipibo Indians. Comparative ethnographic data are used to derive key concepts and principles needed to develop a formal theory of dietary change accompanying changing activity patterns. This theory is given explicit representation in a mathematical model which expresses Shipibo's concepts and decision-making criteria. Conclusions of this model are tested statistically using quantitative data collected during time allocation and food consumption surveys of Shipibo families. This analysis indicates that the adoption of cash cropping by the Shipibo has resulted in reducing their rate of wild meat consumption to an unsatisfactory level. However, they seem to be correcting this perceived deficiency in their diet by substituting domesticated meats for wild resources (p. 368).
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Theoretical orientation in research and its results
- Organization and analysis of results of research
- Diet
- Labor and leisure
- Division of labor by gender
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Shipibo
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2002
- RegionThe area the document pertains to
- South America
- Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
- Amazon and Orinoco
- 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.
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- John Beierle ; 2001
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- June 1980-August 1981
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1980-2981
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- village of Nuevo Eden, headwqters of the Pisqui River, Peru
- NotesAdditional notes
- Clifford A. Behrens
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 394-396)
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 72623826
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Shipibo-Conibo Indians