Foraging persists as a viable economic strategy both in remote regions and within the bounds of developed nation-states. Given the economic alternatives available, why do some groups choose to maintain their hunting and gathering lifeways? Through a series of detailed case studies, the contributors to this volume examine the decisions made by modern-day foragers to sustain a predominantly hunting and gathering way of life. What becomes clear is that hunter-gatherers continue to forage because the economic benefits of doing so are high relative to the local alternatives and, perhaps more importantly, because the social costs of not foraging are prohibitive; in other words, hunter-gatherers value the social networks built through foraging and sharing more than the potential marginal gains of a new mode of subsistence. Why Forage? shows that hunting and gathering continues to be a viable and vibrant way of life even in the twenty-first century.
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About the Author
Brian F. Codding is an assistant professor of anthropology at the University of Utah. He has published more than thirty peer-reviewed papers on the ecology of hunter-gatherers.
Karen L. Kramer is an associate professor of anthropology at the University of Utah and the author of Maya Children: Helpers at the Farm .

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Foraging Persists As A Viable Economic Strategy Both In Remote Regions And Within The Bounds Of Developed Nation-states. Given The Economic Alternatives Available, Why Do Some Groups Choose To Maintain Their Hunting And Gathering Lifeways? Through A Series Of Detailed Case Studies, The Contributors To This Volume Examine The Decisions Made By Modern-day Foragers To Sustain A Predominantly Hunting And Gathering Way Of Life. What Becomes Clear Is That Hunter-gatherers Continue To Forage Because The Economic Benefits Of Doing So Are High Relative To The Local Alternatives And, Perhaps More Importantly, Because The Social Costs Of Not Foraging Are Prohibitive; In Other Words, Hunter-gatherers Value The Social Networks Built Through Foraging And Sharing More Than The Potential Marginal Gains Of A New Means Of Subsistence. Why Forage? Shows That Hunting And Gathering Continues To Be A Viable And Vibrant Way Of Life Even In The Twenty-first Century.-- Introduction : Hunters And Gatherers In The Twenty-first Century / Karen L. Kramer And Brian F. Codding -- Diversify Or Replace : What Happens To Wild Foods When Cultigens Are Introduced Into Hunter-gatherer Diets? / Karen L. Kramer And Russell D. Greaves -- Inuit Culture : To Have And Have Not, Or, Has Subsistence Become An Anachronism? / George W. Wenzel -- In The Bush The Food Is Free : The Ju/'hhoansi Of Tsumkwe In The Twenty-first Century / Richard B. Lee -- Twenty-first-century Hunting And Gathering Among Western And Central Kalahari San / Robert K. Hitchcock And Maria Sapignoli -- Why Do So Few Hadza Farm? / Nicholas Blurton Jones -- In Pursuit Of The Individual : Recent Economic Opportunities And The Persistence Of Traditional Forager-farmer Relationships In The Southwestern Central African Republic / Karen D. Lupo -- What Now? : Big Game Hunting, Economic Change, And The Social Strategies Of Bardi Men / James E. Coxworth -- Alternative Aboriginal Economies : Martu Livelihoods In The Twenty-first Century / Brian F. Codding, Rebecca Bliege Bird, Douglas W. Bird, And David W. Zeanah -- Economic, Social, And Ecological Contexts Of Hunting, Sharing, And Fire In The Western Desert Of Australia / Rebecca Bliege Bird, Brian F. Codding, And Douglas W. Bird -- Appendix A. Cross-cultural Demographic And Social Variables For Contemporary Foraging Populations -- Appendix B. Economic Activities Of Twenty-first-century Foraging Populations. Edited By Brian F. Codding And Karen L. Kramer. Includes Bibliographical References (pages 263-319) And Index.

Front Cover 1
Title Page 4
Copyright 5
Contents 6
Illustrations 8
Acknowledgments 12
Introduction: Hunters and Gatherers in the Twenty-First Century / Karen L. Kramer and Brian F. Codding 14
1: Diversify or Replace: What Happens to Wild Foods When Cultigens Are Introduced into Hunter-Gatherer Diets? / Karen L. Kramer and Russell D. Greaves 28
2: Inuit Culture: To Have and Have Not; or, Has Subsistence Become an Anachronism? / George W. Wenzel 56
3: “In the bush the food is free”: The Ju/’hoansi of Tsumkwe in the Twenty-First Century / Richard B. Lee 74
4: Twenty-First-Century Hunting and Gathering among Western and Central Kalahari San / Robert K. Hitchcock and Maria Sapignoli 102
5: Why Do So Few Hadza Farm? / Nicholas Blurton Jones 126
6: In Pursuit of the Individual: Recent Economic Opportunities and the Persistence of Traditional Forager-Farmer Relationships in the Southwestern Central African Republic / Karen D. Lupo 150
7: What Now?: Big Game Hunting, Economic Change, and the Social Strategies of Bardi Men / James E. Coxworth 180
8: Alternative Aboriginal Economies: Martu Livelihoods in the Twenty-First Century / Brian F. Codding, Rebecca Bliege Bird, Douglas W. Bird, and David W. Zeanah 198
9: Economic, Social, and Ecological Contexts of Hunting, Sharing, and Fire in the Western Desert of Australia / Rebecca Bliege Bird, Brian F. Codding, and Douglas W. Bird 226
Appendix A: Cross-Cultural Demographic and Social Variables for Contemporary Foraging Populations 244
Appendix B: Economic Activities of Twenty-First-Century Foraging Populations 254
References 276
Contributors 334
Index 338
Back Cover 352

"Foraging persists as a viable economic strategy both in remote regions and within the bounds of developed nation-states. Given the economic alternatives available, why do some groups choose to maintain their hunting and gathering lifeways? Through a series of detailed case studies, the contributors to this volume examine the decisions made by modern-day foragers to sustain a predominantly hunting and gathering way of life. What becomes clear is that hunter-gatherers continue to forage because the economic benefits of doing so are high relative to the local alternatives and, perhaps more importantly, because the social costs of not foraging are prohibitive; in other words, hunter-gatherers value the social networks built through foraging and sharing more than the potential marginal gains of a new means of subsistence. Why Forage? shows that hunting and gathering continues to be a viable and vibrant way of life even in the twenty-first century."-- Résumé de l'éditeur

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