Australian Aboriginal subsistence in the Western desert

Cane, Scott

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“…According to ethnographic data [34][35][36][37][38], the Post-encounter Return rate (when S = 0, the energy return rate, also called the Post-encounter Return rate: Kilocalorie/Gram × Gram ÷ Hour) of 5 types with 30 species of plants are shown in this table (Table 1).…”

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Modern human behaviors during the late stage of the MIS3 and the broad spectrum revolution: Evidence from a Shuidonggou Late Paleolithic site

Guan

Gao

et al. 2011

Chin. Sci. Bull.

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The last glacial period was vital for the distribution and evolution of early modern humans in Asia. The Shuidonggou Late Paleolithic site, dated at 30-20 ka BP, accumulated cultural remains during the important late stage of MIS 3 period in the last glacial. These remains represent characteristics of typical Late Paleolithic conditions in North China: high degree of standardization and morphological variability of tool types, exploitation of bone materials, systematic use of body decorations, extensive use of earth-pit hearths, distinct functional spatial organization within habitations, and conversion of subsistence patterns. These characteristics illustrate early modern human behaviors during the late MIS3 period, and provide clues and perspectives for the analysis of early modern human origins in China. At the same time, the conversion of subsistence patterns is considered to be a combination of multiple early modern human behaviors, as well as the result of the Broad Spectrum Revolution. In this paper, we argue for the dynamic mechanism of Broad Spectrum Revolution from a human behavioral and ecological perspective.Late Paleolithic, early modern human behavior, broad spectrum revolution, environmental change Citation:Guan Y, Gao X, Li F, et al. Modern human behaviors during the late stage of the MIS3 and the broad spectrum revolution: Evidence from a Shuidonggou Late Paleolithic site.

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“…DBM assumes that gatherers would select the resources with the highest energy return rate [31,33]. In other words, all resources would be ranked Figure 6 The Diet Breadth Model [34].…”

Section: A Human Behavioral Ecology Theory Perspective On the Study Datamentioning

confidence: 99%

Modern human behaviors during the late stage of the MIS3 and the broad spectrum revolution: Evidence from a Shuidonggou Late Paleolithic site

Guan

Gao

et al. 2011

Chin. Sci. Bull.

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“…Further, 'procurement' (for which we can safely substitute foraging, in my view, despite Bird-David's concerns) is an entirely different social, cultural and economic institution to 'work'. Foraging can certainly at times be extremely arduous, especially in harsh environments (for example, Cane 1987, with regard to Western Desert Aborigines), but it contrasts with the imposed regularity of work and indeed its regulation, purposes and economic and social entailments.…”

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Ethnography and the Production of Anthropological Knowledge : Essays in honour of Nicolas Peterson

Musharbash¹,

Barber²

2011

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“…Seed grinding is widely recognized as an important subsistence strategy of hunter-gatherers in arid Australia with a Pleistocene antiquity (e.g., Cane 1987, Fullagar & Field 1997, Gorecki et al 1997, Meggitt 1962, Tindale 1977, though spinifex is not commonly listed among grasses whose seeds were edible (e.g., Gould 1980, O'Connell et al 1983. With respect to the Marujarra people of the Western Desert, Walsh (1987:60) posited that, despite the preponderance of T. pungens in the region, its use (and that also of T. basedowii) as a source of seeds was limited "possibly because of the relatively long time required to separate the seed from the chaff".…”

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The Point of Spinifex: Aboriginal uses of spinifex grasses in Australia

Pitman

Wallis

2012

Ethnobot. Res. App.

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fall and drought where they can survive in a state of dormancy until favorable conditions return.Spinifex species are usually divided into two informal groups based on their different growth forms, distributions and physiology. The so-called 'hard' species (which include, among others, Triodia basedowii E.Pritz., Triodia irritans R.Br., Triodia longiceps J.M.Black and Triodia wiseana C.A.Gardner) have closely packed, rigid leaves which are almost impossible to touch, while 'soft' species (which include, among others, Triodia bynoei (C.E.Hubb.) Lazarides, Triodia helmsii (C.E.Hubb.) Lazarides, Triodia microstachya R.Br. and Triodia pungens R.Br.) have relatively loosely arranged, less rigid leaves that can be comparatively more easily handled. Soft species tend to be more common in the northern half of the continent where they form a more or less continuous cover, rather than the discrete, rounded hummock habit of the hard species (Moore 2005:210; see Figure 1). The primary difference between the soft and hard spinifex groups relates to their ability to produce resin. As detailed by Burbidge (1946), The Point of Spinifex: Aboriginal uses of spinifex grasses in AustraliaHeidi T. Pitman and Lynley A. Wallis Research AbstractFor thousands of years spinifex grasses were utilized by Indigenous Australians, most commonly for the production of resin that was then used as a hafting adhesive. While varying levels of knowledge about this particular use are retained in Indigenous communities, museum collections serve as a valuable repository of little known information about a multitude of other uses of spinifex including ornamental, medicinal, structural and ceremonial functions. In this paper we describe the range of uses of spinifex, based on examinations of objects and photographs held in various museum collections, coupled with reviews of the ethnographic and ethnohistoric literature. This study (1) brings together disparate sources of knowledge about Indigenous uses of spinifex that are not well known among the scientific community and (2) demonstrates the value of museum collections for Indigenous communities seeking to 'reconnect' with aspects of socalled 'lost traditional culture'.

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Australian Aboriginal subsistence in the Western desert

Cited by 71 publications

References 10 publications

Modern human behaviors during the late stage of the MIS3 and the broad spectrum revolution: Evidence from a Shuidonggou Late Paleolithic site

Modern human behaviors during the late stage of the MIS3 and the broad spectrum revolution: Evidence from a Shuidonggou Late Paleolithic site

Ethnography and the Production of Anthropological Knowledge : Essays in honour of Nicolas Peterson

The Point of Spinifex: Aboriginal uses of spinifex grasses in Australia

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