Web Links

General links about human subsistence patterns

Foraging patterns worldwide
http://anthro.palomar.edu/subsistence/sub_2.htm
An interesting look at the variety of foraging patterns that have existed in the past and the few that are still being used by the last remaining foragers.

Human subsistence patterns from the Paleolithic through the Neolithic
http://www.newgenevacenter.org/world-cultures/01_Primitive/01_Primitive.htm
There are a series of articles at this web site that discusses various types of human subsistence patterns ranging from those of the Paleolithic period through the Neolithic period.

Center for Indigenous Knowledge for Agriculture and Rural Development
http://www.ciesin.org/IC/cikard/CIKARD.html
A research center at the University of Iowa, Ames, Iowa.

One Man's Trash
http://www.prospect.org/webfeatures/2003/01/goldberg-j-01-21.html
Quote: "In Argentina, garbage pickers are banding together, and hoping to take control of their own economic fortunes. An article by Jonathan Goldberg. "Garbage scavengers" are the modern world's hunters and gatherers, collecting "garbage" that they can recycle or sell and then exchange for food.

Going Wild in Urban America: To be an individual hunter-gatherer in America is to lead a lonely life
http://egullet.com/?pg=ARTICLE-blandfigs
An amusing article by freelance writer Alastair Bland about his attempt to live "off the land" in Isla Vista, California for a college project.

FAO Traditional Milk Products of the World
http://www.fao.org/docrep/003/t0251e/T0251E11.htm
An interesting website with information about how different cultures process animal milks into cheeses and other milk products.

Links to more information on the sea hunters of Lamalera

Whale hunting in Lamalera
http://home.planet.nl/~sanderva/lamalera/index.htm
For a fascinating visual tour (35 slides) showing the details of the Whale Hunters of Lamalera, this web site is a must. It also contains text describing some of the aspects of whale hunting in Lamalera.

How whales are hunted and how the meat is divided among the villagers of Lamalera
http://anthropology.tamu.edu/faculty/alvard/downloads/Alvard%202003f%20(Gurven%20comment).pdf
Dr. Michael Alvard presents an interesting account of how whales are hunted in Lamalera and then how the killed whales are divided among the whale hunters and villagers according to economic and social customs.

Carcass Ownership and Meat Distribution by Big-Game Cooperative Hunters
http://anthropology.tamu.edu/faculty/alvard/downloads/REA_ALVARD.pdf.
This is a detailed look at the etiquette surrounding the proper distribution of whale meat among those living on the island of Lamalera who hunt and kill whales.

Links to more information about the distribution of goods or "a fair share of the pie"

Lessons in reciprocity
http://www.tikkun.org/magazine/index.cfm/action/tikkun/issue/tik0105/article/010511.html
This web site contains an interesting story and examination about the rules of reciprocity among groups living along the Pacific Northwest Coast of the United States and Canada.

Positive and negative reciprocity
http://www.econ-pol.unisi.it/quaderni/369.pdf
This article examines the benefits and/or penalties that one should expect in situations where they are given a choice of either using the concept of positive or negative reciprocity during the exchange of goods.

The psychology of exchange
http://www.psych.udel.edu/~eisenberger/PDF/000_who_takes_the_most_revenge.doc
This is a fascinating look at the psychological effects behind conducting fair trades with others or attempting to cheat the other person during an exchange of goods.

Potlatch
http://greatcanadianrivers.com/rivers/klinaklini/culture-home.html
A website from Canada's British Columbia coastal cultures, with information about the "potlatch."

History of Money from Ancient Times to the Present Day
http://www.ex.ac.uk/~RDavies/arian/llyfr.html
Quote: "Monetary history in context from the dawn of civilization to the beginning of the twenty first century based on the definitive book by Glyn Davies. This site contains a chronology, by Glyn and Roy Davies, and a collection of essays written by Roy Davies on various themes using information based on the book.

The History of Money
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/moolah/
Quote: Welcome to the companion Web site to the NOVA program "Secrets of Making Money," originally broadcast on October 22, 1996. The program follows the U.S. Treasury and the Secret Service on a joint mission to stay ahead of counterfeiters and make a better, more hi-tech buck." Includes articles on the history of money and the future of money.

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