Anthropological Applications of Optimal Foraging Theory: A Critical Review [and Comments and Reply]

Smith, Eric Alden; Bettinger, Robert L.; Bishop, Charles A.; Blundell, Valda; Cashdan, Elizabeth; Casimir, Michael J.; Christenson, Andrew L.; Cox, Bruce; Dyson‐Hudson, Rada; Hayden, Brian; Richerson, Peter J.; Roth, Eric Abella; Simms, Steven R.; Stini, William A.

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“…This is in contrast to the frequency with which reduction sequence studies utilize the organization of technology approach (i.e., middle-level theory developed by Andrefsky 1994;Bamforth 1986;Binford 1979Binford , 1980Binford , 1982Bleed 1986;Carr 1994;Kelly 1988;Nelson 1991;Shott 1986;Torrence 1989) to pursue questions of highlevel theory from evolutionary ecology (Foley 1985;Kelly 1995;Krebs 1978;O'Connell 1995;Shennan 2002;Smith 1983;Smith and Winterhalder 1992;Winterhalder 1986Winterhalder , 1997; for a comprehensive overview, see Krebs and Davies 1997). Despite the fact that chaîne opératoire practitioners investigate very similar questions of diachronic behavioral change in raw material economy (Féblot-Augustins 1993Geneste 1985Geneste , 1988Tixier 1980) and hunting technology (Geneste and Plisson 1990;Plisson and Geneste 1989), they do not situate the method or results in the context of a high-level theory such as evolutionary ecology.…”

Section: The Origins Of Chaîne Opératoirementioning

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There are more areas of overlap as well as distinction between the Reduction Sequence and Chaîne Opératoire methods of archaeological analysis than the current debate recognizes. While methodological differences have been acknowledged, high-level theory differs to a greater degree than is currently appreciated, partly due to the social practice of archaeology in different contexts. This paper compares and evaluates examples of reduction sequence and chaîne opératoire research to demonstrate how high-level theory goals impact middle-range theory and even low-level theory practices (i.e., how data are constructed and published). The paper then utilizes the distinction between an emic decision hierarchy and an etic production hierarchy to elucidate how the practitioners of both methods can more successfully integrate their approaches. An alternative to both methods is offered to demonstrate how common epistemological problems can be resolved. As an example of this alternative approach, the paper compares blank production behaviors and tool kit morphologies among Levantine Ahmarian, as well as among Levantine Aurignacian assemblages, from Kebara Cave, Israel. This case study demonstrates that the two Ahmarian assemblages are more different, rather than more similar to each other, in comparison to the Levantine Aurignacian assemblages. This suggests that a typological approach to these assemblages conceals significant behavioral data.

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Section: The Origins Of Chaîne Opératoirementioning

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“…Una tal decisión deriva de una reducción de la eficiencia de forrajeo y requiere una cuidadosa selección de presas alternativas para compensarla (Smith et al, 1983). Para ello ha de cumplirse que la tasa neta de energía que proporciona cualquier nueva presa supere la tasa media de las que formaban parte de la dieta óptima (Hawkes y O´Connell, 1992).…”

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“…Las causas de no conservación se atribuyen a que las especies presas son de libre adquisición (Hames, 1991;Smith et al, 1983) o al bajo impacto que provoca la caza sobre la biodiversidad del territorio, lo que no excluye que algunas especies se encuentren sobreexplotadas (Alvard et al, 1995). …”

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Gestión cinegética racional ligada a la praxis de la caza y la recolección. ¿Entelequia aristotélica o quimera?

Yáñez

Aguilar

Duarte

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Arbor

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RESUMEN:Gestión cinegética racional ligada a la praxis de la caza y la recolección. ¿Entelequia aristotélica o quimera? Desde los albores de su historia filogenética, el consumo de proteínas de origen animal ha tenido gran relevancia en la evolución de los humanos. La caza cooperativa representa una estrategia evolutiva estable a partir del momento en que los cazadores paleolíticos se especializan en la persecución de grandes animales. Todo este proceso implica la adopción de decisiones relacionadas con la gestión de la caza, algunas de las cuales siguen siendo utilizadas por los cazadores-recolectores contemporáneos. En estas sociedades que todavía practican la caza como medio de subsistencia, la composición de sus respectivas dietas y las técnicas de explotación empleadas son explicables bajo supuestos teóricos contenidos en la Teoría del ABSTRACT: Rational management of hunting and gathering: An Aristotelian entelechy or a chimera? Since the dawn of time, consumption of animal protein has been crucially important to the evolution of humans. Cooperative hunting is an Evolutionarily Stable Strategy from the time when Palaeolithic hunters specialized in the pursuit of large animals. The entire process involves making decisions related to game management, some of which are still used by contemporary hunter-gatherers. In these societies, which still practice subsistence hunting, the composition of their diets and the exploitation techniques employed are explained by the theoretical underpinnings contained in the Optimal Foraging Theory (OFT). In order to test this theory, we have taken into account four decisions Cómo citar este artículo/Citation: Vargas Yáñez, J. M., Farfán Aguilar, M. A., Duarte Duarte, J. y Fa, J. E. (2017). Gestión cinegética racional ligada a la praxis de la caza y la recolección. ¿Entelequia aristotélica o quimera?. Arbor, 193 (786): a415.

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“…Smith (1983) carried out one of the most complete revisions of anthropological applications of models based on optimal Foraging theory (oFt), which proposes that foragers seek to consume the most energy while expending the least. begossi (1996), in using one of the categories of analysis of this theory, which in the present case would be applied to the distance between a fisherman's residence and the fishing site, and time spent in fishing in relation to the catch, detected no marked connection between these variables, which was attributed to constant fish movement.…”

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Small-scale manjuba fishery around Cardoso Island State Park, SP, Brazil

Cardoso

Nordi

2006

Braz. J. Biol.

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This work was carried out in the Enseada da Baleia and Vila Rápida communities. Data was provided by the Co-Management Committee of the Cardoso Island State Park (PEIC) on manjuba fishery management, technique and strategies used by the fishermen, as well as locally accumulated knowledge. Based on the results, social, ecological, and economic aspects of this type of fishing were analyzed. The importance of the accumulated knowledge and experience of this community, as well as the limitations imposed by local fishing gear, was concluded to be essential in conserving manjuba fishery conditions in the area. Industrial fishing, relevant state legislation, and market conditions were found to be the main obstacles to local fishery. Various proposals are suggested for manjuba fishery management, with emphasis on the need for fishing community participation in whatever measures are ultimately implemented.

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Anthropological Applications of Optimal Foraging Theory: A Critical Review [and Comments and Reply]

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Gestión cinegética racional ligada a la praxis de la caza y la recolección. ¿Entelequia aristotélica o quimera?

Small-scale manjuba fishery around Cardoso Island State Park, SP, Brazil

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