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Early reproductive maturity among Pumé foragers: implications of a pooled energy model to fast life histories
American journal of human biology • 21 • Published In 2009 • Pages: 430-437
By: Kramer, Karen, Greaves, Russell Dean, Ellison, Peter Thorpe.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
Pumé girls mature early and begin having children in their mid-teens in spite of seasonal food scarcity and general harsh conditions under which they grow up. The authors argue that traditions of food sharing and more leisurely foraging strategies permitted young women reduce their energy needs and buffer them from environmental downturns. Among the Pumé, the communal pooling of energy budgets helps to subsidize reproduction and child rearing.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Physiological data
- Birth statistics
- Mortality
- Annual cycle
- Collecting
- Diet
- Conception
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Pumé
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2014
- 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
- Ian Skoggard; 2012
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 2005-2007
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 2005-2007
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Llanos region, Apure, Venezuela
- NotesAdditional notes
- Karen L. Kramer, Russell D. Greaves, and Peter T. Ellison
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 436-437)
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 89646677
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Yaruro Indians