List of Tables
List of Figures
Preface
Note on Terminology and Orthography
1. The Research Context
Introduction
General Research Strategy
Evolution, Culture, and Human Behavior
Prospect
2. Selection, Optimization, and Foraging Strategies
Natural Selection, Optimization, and Evolutionary Ecology
Optimal Foraging Theory: Logic and Structure
3. Natural History
The Natural Setting
Prey Species
Conclusion
4. Human History
Prehistory
History of the Hudson Bay Coast
The Contemporary Village
5. Inujjuamiut Foraging: An Overview
Fieldwork: Logic and Methods
Contemporary Foraging Patterns
Inputs and Outputs: The Time/Energy Budget
6. Prey Choice
Anthropological Views
Models of Optimal Prey Choice
Inujjuamiut Prey Choice
Summary and Conclusions
7. Time Allocation and Patch Choice
Time Allocation and Patch Choice: Theory
Time Allocation and Patch Choice: Evidence
Conclusions
8. Cooperative Foraging
The Social Dimensions of Foraging
Theory of Cooperative Foraging
Inujjuamiut Foraging Groups
9. Foraging in a Mixed Economy
The Problem of the Mixed Economy
Integrated Measures of Production
The Costs and Benefits of Foraging
Summary and Discussion
10. Conclusions and Implications
Summary of Findings
Implications
References
Author
Index
Subject Index
Eric Alden Smith is Associate Professor of Anthropology at the University of Washington. Educated at University of California, Santa Barbara (B.A.) and Cornell University (Ph.D.), he is a specialist in Native American ethnography, ecological and economic anthropology, and evolutionary theory. He and Bruce Winterhalder have edited the seminal Hunter-Gatherer Foraging Strategies, and they are currently completing a volume surveying the application of evolutionary ecology to human behavior. Dr. Smith's next major project involves an analysis of the economic and demographic history of the Inujjuaq region.
-The most comprehensive anthropological application of optimal
foraging theory to date. This book should serve as a basic text for
OFT, Darwinian anthropology, and economic anthropology for years to
come.- --American Journal of Human Biology -Optimal foraging theory
is one of the more interesting recent additions to ecological
anthropology, and Eric Smith is one of its most devoted
practitioners. . . . It is well organized and clearly written. . .
.The book's value to both teachers and students is enhanced by its
comprehensive review of the relevant theoretical and methodological
literature. Smith criticizes much that is happening in contemporary
hunter-gatherer studies, ecological anthropology, and even
anthropology in general, and he responds to a variety of criticisms
others have made of optimal foraging theory. . . .This is an
important book, primarily for its theoretical and methodological
contributions. I expect that it will prove to be a major landmark
in ecological anthropology.- --Ernest S. Burch, Jr., American
Anthropologist -Smith has made a most serious effort to open Inuit
research to a wider theoretical horizon. He has also, albeit to a
lesser degree, contributed significantly to Eskimo ethnology,
notably in his analysis of Inujjuamiut cooperative foraging and by
elaborating on the mixed economy concept.- --George W. Wenzel,
Arctic Anthropology -Smith provides a thoughtful exploration of
alternative ways to combine energetic and monetary costs and
benefits.- --Kristen Hawkes, American Ethnologist
"The most comprehensive anthropological application of optimal
foraging theory to date. This book should serve as a basic text for
OFT, Darwinian anthropology, and economic anthropology for years to
come." --American Journal of Human Biology "Optimal foraging theory
is one of the more interesting recent additions to ecological
anthropology, and Eric Smith is one of its most devoted
practitioners. . . . It is well organized and clearly written. . .
.The book's value to both teachers and students is enhanced by its
comprehensive review of the relevant theoretical and methodological
literature. Smith criticizes much that is happening in contemporary
hunter-gatherer studies, ecological anthropology, and even
anthropology in general, and he responds to a variety of criticisms
others have made of optimal foraging theory. . . .This is an
important book, primarily for its theoretical and methodological
contributions. I expect that it will prove to be a major landmark
in ecological anthropology." --Ernest S. Burch, Jr., American
Anthropologist "Smith has made a most serious effort to open Inuit
research to a wider theoretical horizon. He has also, albeit to a
lesser degree, contributed significantly to Eskimo ethnology,
notably in his analysis of Inujjuamiut cooperative foraging and by
elaborating on the mixed economy concept." --George W. Wenzel,
Arctic Anthropology "Smith provides a thoughtful exploration of
alternative ways to combine energetic and monetary costs and
benefits." --Kristen Hawkes, American Ethnologist
"The most comprehensive anthropological application of optimal
foraging theory to date. This book should serve as a basic text for
OFT, Darwinian anthropology, and economic anthropology for years to
come." --American Journal of Human Biology "Optimal foraging theory
is one of the more interesting recent additions to ecological
anthropology, and Eric Smith is one of its most devoted
practitioners. . . . It is well organized and clearly written. . .
.The book's value to both teachers and students is enhanced by its
comprehensive review of the relevant theoretical and methodological
literature. Smith criticizes much that is happening in contemporary
hunter-gatherer studies, ecological anthropology, and even
anthropology in general, and he responds to a variety of criticisms
others have made of optimal foraging theory. . . .This is an
important book, primarily for its theoretical and methodological
contributions. I expect that it will prove to be a major landmark
in ecological anthropology." --Ernest S. Burch, Jr., American
Anthropologist "Smith has made a most serious effort to open Inuit
research to a wider theoretical horizon. He has also, albeit to a
lesser degree, contributed significantly to Eskimo ethnology,
notably in his analysis of Inujjuamiut cooperative foraging and by
elaborating on the mixed economy concept." --George W. Wenzel,
Arctic Anthropology "Smith provides a thoughtful exploration of
alternative ways to combine energetic and monetary costs and
benefits." --Kristen Hawkes, American Ethnologist
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