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Postmarital residence and bilateral kin associations among hunter-gathers: Pumé foragers living in the best of both worlds
Human nature • 22 • Published In 2011 • Pages: 41-63
By: Kramer, Karen, Greaves, Russell Dean.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
In this paper, the authors examine postmarital residence patterns over a 25-year period and discover a strong bias for natalocality, i.e., living in the community one is born. The authors argue that natalocality goes hand in hand with bilateral recognition of kin, which better suits foraging societies dependent on both hunting and gathering, and the need to share food as widely as possible, especially during periods of seasonal scarcity. Among the Pumé, food foraged by women is the most available and dependable year-round food source. Furthermore women's food is shared among women.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Food quest
- Settlement patterns
- Regulation of marriage
- Secondary marriages
- Residence
- Kin relationships
- 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
- 1990, 1992-1993, 2005-2007
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1982-2007
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Doro Ana and Yaguri villages, Apure State, Venezuela
- NotesAdditional notes
- Karen L. Kramer and Russell D. Greaves
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 59-62)
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 78640803
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Yaruro Indians