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Record Nr.

UNISALENTO991001311159707536

Titolo

Coping with seasonal constraints / ed. by Rebecca Huss-Ashmore, with John J. Curry and Robert K. Hitchcock

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Philadelphia, Pa. : Masca, The University Museum, University of Pennsylvania, 1988

Descrizione fisica

141 p. : ill. ; 28 cm.

Collana

Masca research papers in science and archaeology ; 5

Masca research papers in science and archaeology 1048-5325 ; 5, 1988

Altri autori (Persone)

Huss-Ashmore, Rebecca

Curry, John James

Hitchcock, Robert K.

Altri autori (Enti)

American Anthropological Association.Meeting <86. : 1987 : Chicago

Soggetti

Alimentazione - Antropologia - Ricerca - Congressi

Insediamenti preistorici - Africa

Economia agraria - Geografia economica - Africa - Congressi

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references

Nota di contenuto

Introduction : why study seasons? / Rebecca Huss-Ashmore. - Challenges to seasonal strategies of rural producers : uncertainty and conflict in the adaptive process / Thomas L. Leatherman, R. Brooke Thomas, and Susan Luerssen. - Biocultural strategies for coping with drought / William A. Stini. - Seasonality of work, weight, and body composition for women in highland Lesotho / Rebecca Huss-Ashmore and Janis L. Goodman. - The seasonality of storage / Barrett P. Brenton. - Expanding the scope of seasonality research in archaeology / John R. Cross. - Settlement, seasonality, and subsistence stress among the Tyua of Northern Botswana / Robert K. Hitchcock. - Seasonal constraints in the Guinea savanna : Susu ecology in Sierra Leone / A. Endre Nyerges. - Seasonality, planned settlements, and riverblindness control in Burkina Faso / Della McMillan. - Seasonality, monetization, and occupational diversity in a Hausa Village in Niger / John J. Curry. - Seasonal hunger and coping strategies : an anthropological discussion / Ellen Messer.