TY - JOUR
T1 - why hunters gather
T2 - optimal foraging and the Aché of eastern Paraguay
AU - HAWKES, KRISTEN
AU - HILL, KIM
AU - O'CONNELL, JAMES F.
PY - 1982/5
Y1 - 1982/5
N2 - The determinants of food choices made by hunter‐gatherers have long been a topic of speculation and controversy. In this paper, we analyze the foraging behavior of the Aché of eastern Paraguay and conclude that it is consistent with predictions derived from optimal foraging models. We infer that these very general models will continue to prove useful in explaining variation in hunter‐gatherer subsistence patterns throughout time and space. [Aché, hunter‐gatherers, optimal foraging theory, South America, tropical forest] 1982 American Anthropological Association
AB - The determinants of food choices made by hunter‐gatherers have long been a topic of speculation and controversy. In this paper, we analyze the foraging behavior of the Aché of eastern Paraguay and conclude that it is consistent with predictions derived from optimal foraging models. We infer that these very general models will continue to prove useful in explaining variation in hunter‐gatherer subsistence patterns throughout time and space. [Aché, hunter‐gatherers, optimal foraging theory, South America, tropical forest] 1982 American Anthropological Association
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U2 - 10.1525/ae.1982.9.2.02a00100
DO - 10.1525/ae.1982.9.2.02a00100
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84981910347
SN - 0094-0496
VL - 9
SP - 379
EP - 398
JO - American Ethnologist
JF - American Ethnologist
IS - 2
ER -