The Baka symbolic landscape as a memory process

Joiris, Daou Véronique

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“…In the case of the Baka pygmies (Cameroon) it is believed that if the dances are performed in perfect harmony with the singers and drummers, the hunt will succeed [155]. Joiris [153] later describes an amulet called a simbo, worn by hunters, with a small bell that allegedly jingles whenever a potential prey approaches. This bell is considered to have great hunting powers, originating in the call of a specific species of bird that tends to perch on elephants' backs.…”

Section: Elephant Hunting Rituals and Cosmologymentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Among the Baka (Cameroon), for example, rites and their components are strongly related to the forest [153]. According to Lewis [154], the BaYaka perform spirit-plays and songs to establish a relationship of care and concern between humans and the forest, by means of which they expect the forest to share on demand its wealth (the animals in it, in the case of hunting).…”

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confidence: 99%

“…96-97). Joiris [153] also points to a cosmological and ontological connection between humans and elephants, expressed through several rituals referring to the animal's relationship with humans and with the environment.…”

Section: Elephant Hunting Rituals and Cosmologymentioning

confidence: 99%

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Elephant and Mammoth Hunting during the Paleolithic: A Review of the Relevant Archaeological, Ethnographic and Ethno-Historical Records

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2018

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Proboscideans and humans have shared habitats across the Old and New Worlds for hundreds of thousands of years. Proboscideans were included in the human diet starting from the Lower Paleolithic period and until the final stages of the Pleistocene. However, the question of how prehistoric people acquired proboscideans remains unresolved. Moreover, the effect of proboscidean hunting on the eventual extinction of these mega-herbivores was never seriously evaluated, probably because of the lack of acquaintance with the plethora of information available regarding proboscidean hunting by humans. The aim of this paper is to bridge this gap and bring to light the data available in order to estimate the extent and procedures of elephant and mammoth hunting by humans during the Quaternary. This study examines the archaeological evidence of proboscidean hunting during Paleolithic times, and provides a review of ethnographic and ethno-historical accounts, demonstrating a wide range of traditional elephant-hunting strategies. We also discuss the rituals accompanying elephant hunting among contemporary hunter-gatherers, further stressing the importance of elephants among hunter-gatherers. Based on the gathered data, we suggest that early humans possessed the necessary abilities to actively and regularly hunt proboscideans; and performed this unique and challenging task at will.

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Elephant and Mammoth Hunting during the Paleolithic: A Review of the Relevant Archaeological, Ethnographic and Ethno-Historical Records

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Communication on the move among the Baka people

Peng

2022

Hunter Gatherer Research

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This article investigates the movement and communication of hunter-gatherers during the group moving activities, based on participant observation and interaction analysis of visual and audio materials recorded in the field. The communication aspects are multimodal while people are on the move. Based on this, diverse knowledge is generated and transmitted. However, there is limited understanding of how the hunter-gatherers encounter each other and begin communication while on the move. In particular, the physical situation during the group moving activity in environments with visual obstacles, such as the rainforest, is not clear. This article provides the case of the Baka hunter-gatherers, living in the rainforest of southeastern Cameroon, to reveal aspects of the beginning of communication during the extended group moving activity. It shows that in the tropical forest, with its restricted visibility, participants’ physical situation is dynamic. Although this limitation of visibility constrained participants’ face-to-face communication, it diversified their distant communication, which does not require seeing each other. Such non-face-to-face communication provided participants with a wider range of communication while walking together.

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Le cri du calao

Joiris¹

2022

ethnoecologie

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Symbolique et ethnoécologie baka des relations multi-espècesThe hornbill's call. Symbolic and ethnoecology of multi-species relations among the Baka Daou Véronique Joiris Le cri du calao Revue d'ethnoécologie, 22 | 2022 Le contexte baka Les Baka sont des chasseurs-cueilleurs semi-sédentarisés, locuteurs d'une langue oubanguienne, répartis dans le sud-est du Cameroun, le nord du Gabon et le nord-ouest de la République du Congo, pour lesquels la chasse remplit encore des fonctions essentielles (concernant des relevés récents réalisés au Sud de la réserve du Dja, au Cameroun, voir Ávila Martin et al. 2020). Ils chassent des proies plus grandes, plus Le cri du calao Revue d'ethnoécologie, 22 | 2022

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The Baka symbolic landscape as a memory process

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Elephant and Mammoth Hunting during the Paleolithic: A Review of the Relevant Archaeological, Ethnographic and Ethno-Historical Records

Elephant and Mammoth Hunting during the Paleolithic: A Review of the Relevant Archaeological, Ethnographic and Ethno-Historical Records

Communication on the move among the Baka people

Le cri du calao

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