Environment and Cultural Behavior: Ecological Studies in Cultural Anthropology"This anthology deals with human ecology-- the relationship between man and his environment. In it the editor brings together the most exciting new studies by anthropologists to have been written in the past few years, some of which appear here for the first time. From second-millennium agriculture to twentieth-century air pollution, this volume includes a unique variety of studies of man and the world around him."--Back cover. |
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Page 353
... climate and culture . I have gone over Russell's California climate classification with care . On the whole it seems to agree somewhat more closely with ethnic than with cultural groupings . But the California situa- tion on all three ...
... climate and culture . I have gone over Russell's California climate classification with care . On the whole it seems to agree somewhat more closely with ethnic than with cultural groupings . But the California situa- tion on all three ...
Page 429
... climate . Societies judged to be medium in protein availability are split 60-40 be- tween humid tropical and other climates.8 It seems , then , that there is some evidence for a long causal chain leading from the rainy tropics to ...
... climate . Societies judged to be medium in protein availability are split 60-40 be- tween humid tropical and other climates.8 It seems , then , that there is some evidence for a long causal chain leading from the rainy tropics to ...
Page 435
... climate : Af or Am - tropical rain forest , Aw - tropical savannah , B - dry cli- mates , C - humid mesothermal climates , D -humid microthermal climates , E - polar climates , H - undifferentiated highlands . Column 9 . Column 10 ...
... climate : Af or Am - tropical rain forest , Aw - tropical savannah , B - dry cli- mates , C - humid mesothermal climates , D -humid microthermal climates , E - polar climates , H - undifferentiated highlands . Column 9 . Column 10 ...
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aboriginal adult Africa American animals Anthropology basic reproduction rate Bedouin behavior Boas Bushmen camels camp cattle cent climate complex crops cultivation cultural density disease distribution domestic ecological economic ecosystem effect energy environment environmental Ethnographic extended family factors farming fish frequency gardens groups Gujars habitat Hanunóo harvest herds human hunting Iban increase irrigation Keteira Kohistanis Kung Kwakiutl labor land limits maize malaria male MB-F Hot Aw MF-B mongongo mosquitoes Naroi natural numaym nuts organization parasites Pathan patrilocal residence pattern period pigs plants polygyny population population density postpartum sex taboo potlatch Press problem production protein relations rice ritual rumbim Sarawak Science season shifting cultivation sickle-cell trait Singur social societies soil species square mile steppe subsistence swidden agriculture Tapirapé Tenetehara territory tion transhumant tribal tribes Tsembaga unit University Vayda village warfare winter Yaruro York