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Strategic procurement of fish by the Pumé: a South American "fishing culture"
Human ecology • 20 (1) • Published In 1992 • Pages: 109-130
By: Gragson, Theodore Louis.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This is a study of fishing behavior and productivity of the [i]ciri khonome[/i] Pumé who live in the savanna near the Capanaparo River. The author used three data gathering methods: time allocation, continuous record of single individual forgaing trips, and recording of activites conducted outside the village area. Fishing constitutes half of all food procurement strategies. The Pumé most commonly fish with hook-and-line, followed in importance by poison, bow-and-arrow, and spears. These techniques vary according to season, type of water course, and age and gender of person fishing. The dry season is the most productive time of year, when fish are concentrated in isolated pools. They catch 43 species of fish.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Fauna
- Fishing
- Fishing gear
- Labor and leisure
- 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
- 1986-1987, 1989
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1986-1989
- 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
- Ted L. Gragson
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 127-130)
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 72623826
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Yaruro Indians