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Hunter Gatherer Childhoods: Evolutionary, Developmental, & Cultural Perspectives
In the vast anthropological literature devoted to hunter-gatherer societies, surprisingly little attention has been paid to the place of hunter-gathererchildren. Children often represent 40 percent of hunter-gatherer populations, thus nearly half the population is omitted from most hunter-gathererethnographies and research. This volume is designed to bridge the gap in ourunderstanding of the daily lives, knowledge, and development of hunter-gatherer childre
484 pages, Paperback
First published June 15, 2005
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December 25, 2012
This book was FASCINATING!
It is also just science. It's extremely dry. Lots of numbers, graphs and attempts to quantify things that are really hard to quantify. All the big, intellectual words make me feel warm and fuzzy. There is something very comforting about academia-speak...
The average hunter gatherer mom spends 75% of her day with her baby. Her baby is with other people 25% of the time. I love knowing this and this is exactly how I feel about my own baby. He is awake for 12 hours. I am totally happy to spend 9 of them with him. 3 hours off every day sounds perfect.
The average hunter gather band is about 30 people, 15 of which are children. Bands are fluid and always changing. Babies have lots of people enter and depart from their lives.
So much more I want to add! Mostly that the Continuum Concept is super inaccurate and anyone who read that should read this book to recover. HUNTER GATHERERS DO NOT HOLD THEIR BABIES 100% OF THE TIME. THEY DO NOT CARRY THEM IN SLINGS IN CULTURES WHERE IT IS NOT NECESSARY FOR THEIR SAFETY and even in those cultures, they do not spend all day in the sling.
It is also just science. It's extremely dry. Lots of numbers, graphs and attempts to quantify things that are really hard to quantify. All the big, intellectual words make me feel warm and fuzzy. There is something very comforting about academia-speak...
The average hunter gatherer mom spends 75% of her day with her baby. Her baby is with other people 25% of the time. I love knowing this and this is exactly how I feel about my own baby. He is awake for 12 hours. I am totally happy to spend 9 of them with him. 3 hours off every day sounds perfect.
The average hunter gather band is about 30 people, 15 of which are children. Bands are fluid and always changing. Babies have lots of people enter and depart from their lives.
So much more I want to add! Mostly that the Continuum Concept is super inaccurate and anyone who read that should read this book to recover. HUNTER GATHERERS DO NOT HOLD THEIR BABIES 100% OF THE TIME. THEY DO NOT CARRY THEM IN SLINGS IN CULTURES WHERE IT IS NOT NECESSARY FOR THEIR SAFETY and even in those cultures, they do not spend all day in the sling.
March 13, 2012
Wow!
All the different ways mamas mama!
All the different ways mamas mama!
December 1, 2020
It is dull repetitive and only suitable for people seriously into research in this area
June 30, 2010
for Anthr 3305
February 4, 2018
Very interesting. I recommend reading with Hierarchy in the Forest for better understanding of hunter-gatherer society.
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