Subsistence Type

Associated Documents (42)

Main AuthorPublished YearTitle
Sellen, Daniel W.Relationships between subsistence and age at weaning in "preindustrial" societies
Lozoff, BetsyInfant care: cache or carry
Apostolou, MenelaosBridewealth as an instrument of male parental control over mating: evidence from the standard cr...
Apostolou, MenelaosSexual selection under parental choice in agropastoral societies
Benyshek, Daniel C.Exploring the thrifty genotype's food-shortage assumptions: a cross-cultural comparison of ethno...
Katz, Mary MaxwellThe role of the father: an anthropological perspective
Jankowiak, WilliamCo-wife conflict and co-operation
Aberle, David F.Matrilineal descent in cross-cultural perspective
Goodenough, Ward H.Basic economy and community
Apostolou, MenelaosParental choice: what parents want in a son-in-law and a daughter-in-law across 67 pre-industria...
Welch, Michael R.Social structural expansion, economic diversification, and concentration of emphases in childhoo...
Holden, ClareSexual dimorphism in stature and women's work: a phylogenetic cross-cultural analysis
Gaulin, Steven J.C.Sexual dimorphism in the human post-reproductive life-span: possible causes
Nielsen, FrancoisThe ecological-evolutionary typology of human societies and the evolution of social inequality
Cone, Cynthia A.Personality and subsistence: is the child the parent of the person?
Dirks, RobertStarvation and famine: cross-cultural codes and some hypothesis tests
Sanderson, Stephen K.Militarist, marxian, and non-marxian materialist theories of gender inequality: a cross-cultural...
Ember, Carol R.Violence in the ethnographic record: results of cross-cultural research on war and aggression
Ball, Donald W.The scaling of gaming: skill, strategy, and chance
Hooper, Paul L.Explaining monogamy and polygyny among foragers and horticulturalists
Konner, Melvin J.Relations among infants and juveniles in comparative perspective
Porter, Claire C.How marginal are forager habitats?
Mukhopadhyay, Carol ChapnickThe function of romantic love: a re-appraisal of the coppinger and rosenblatt study
Jankowiak, WilliamUsing drug foods to capture and enhance labor performance: a cross-cultural perspective
Maxwell, Robert J.Gerontocide
Young, Frank W.Initiation ceremonies: a cross-cultural study of status dramatization
Berbesque, J. ColetteHunter-gatherers have less famine than agriculturalists
Schaefer, James MichaelData quality and modes of marriage: some holocultural evidence of systematic errors
Ember, Carol R.Children's play and work: the relevance of cross-cultural ethnographic research for archaeologists
Simmons, Leo W.The role of the aged in primitive society
Field, Peter B.A new cross-cultural study of drunkenness
Volk, Anthony A.Infant and child death in the human environment of evolutionary adaptation
Freeman, JacobIntensification, tipping points, and social change in a coupled forager-resource system
Walker, Robert S.Human Residence Patterns
Apostolou, MenelaosIndividual Mate Choice in an Arranged Marriage Context: Evidence from the Standard Cross-cultura...
Hames, RaymondPacifying Hunter-Gatherers
Gurven, MichaelLongevity Among Hunter-Gatherers: A Cross-Cultural Examination
Pontzer, HermanEffects of Evolution, Ecology, and Economy on Human Diet: Insights from Hunter-Gatherers and Oth...
Biagetti, StefanoQuantitative Analysis of Drought Management Strategies across Ethnographically-Researched Africa...
Cruz y Celis Peniche, PatricioDrivers of insect consumption across human populations
Winkelman, Michael J. An ethnological analogy and biogenetic model for interpretation of religion and ritual in the past
Linquist, StefanWhich evolutionary model best explains the culture of honour?

Associated Hypotheses (80)

Main AuthorHypothesis
Sellen, Daniel W.The infant/child's age at introduction of liquid and solid non-breastmilk foods tends to be lower in preindustrial populations with agricultural or pastoral subsistence types than in hunting and gathering socieities (p. 50).
Sellen, Daniel W.The infant/child's age at the cessation of breastfeeding is lower in preindustrial populations with agricultural or pastoral subsistence type than in hunting and gathering socieities (p. 50).
Sellen, Daniel W.The type of food given to children during weaning was qualitatively different across subsistence types (p. 50).
Lozoff, BetsyA characteristic infant-care pattern existed during most of human history (478).
Apostolou, MenelaosSubsistence type is associated with marriage transactions (211)
Apostolou, MenelaosGroom's reliance on family for marriage transaction is associated with subsistence type (211)
Apostolou, MenelaosFor females, marriage type and subsistence type are associated (43)
Apostolou, MenelaosFor males, marriage type is associated with subsistence type (43)
Apostolou, MenelaosSubsistence type predicts gender of decision maker in marriage arrangements (44)
Apostolou, MenelaosFor both sexes, subsistence type is not associated with age at first marriage (44)
Apostolou, MenelaosSubsistence type is associated with ease of divorce (44)
Apostolou, MenelaosFemale punishment is associated with subsistence type (45)
Benyshek, Daniel C.There is no difference in food availability between foragers and agriculturalists (121).
Benyshek, Daniel C.There is no difference in food shortage frequency between foragers and agriculturalists (121).
Benyshek, Daniel C.There is no difference in food shortage extent between foragers and agriculturalists (121).
Katz, Mary MaxwellVariation in paternal care within a species will be correlated with variation in socioecological conditions (157).
Jankowiak, William"The greater the complexity in a society, the greater the possibility for envy and resentment to arise [between co-wives]" (83).
Aberle, David F."Matrilineal systems are relatively more frequent in the 'dominant horticulture' category than either bilateral or patrilineal systems, at high levels of stratification. They are more commonly in the 'dominant horticulture' category than patrilineal systems at low levels; there is no significant difference between matrilineal and bilateral systems at this level" (698)
Aberle, David F."If we compare 'dominant horticulture' with all [other subsistence types], we find that matrilineal systems tend to be found significantly more often in this category than either patrilineal or bilateral systems" (676)
Aberle, David F."[If political integration is dichotomized into systems with authoritative regulation above the community level and systems at or below the community level] it is possible to see a regular progression among the systems with any agricultural base. As we go from 'plough' agriculture to 'African horticulture,' and thence to 'dominant horticulture' and 'other horticulture,' the percentage of cases at or below the community level rises regularly . . ." (681)
Aberle, David F.". . . stratification is closely connected with subsistence type. . . . 'Plough agriculture' shows the highest stratification, 'African horticulture' next, 'dominant horticulture' next, and 'other horticulture' next, in the agricultural series. 'Pastoralism' shows a level intermediate between 'plough agriculture' and 'African horticulture,' somewhat similar to its position in table 17-5. 'New World pastoralism' and 'extraction' bring up the bottom of the list" (694, 698)
Goodenough, Ward H.". . . there should be a progression upward in mean community size from hunting-collecting, through fishing and herding, to agricultural communities . . ."
Apostolou, MenelaosParental preferences will vary according to the subsistence type of a given society (697).
Welch, Michael R.Where a society's subsistence economy generates a more complex form of social organization, there will be a lower concentration of value emphases in children's socialization (p. 365).
Welch, Michael R.Societies with more diversified subsistence economies will have a lower concentration of value emphases in children's socialization (p. 366).
Holden, ClareThere will be an association between type of subsistence and sexual dimorphism of stature (27).
Gaulin, Steven J.C.Men in agricultural societies will be more likely to invest in their offspring (via inheritance) than men in hunter-gatherer societies (239).
Gaulin, Steven J.C.Agricultural societies will have higher paternal certainty than hunter-gatherer societies (230).
Nielsen, FrancoisSubsistence type will be significantly associated with class stratification, jurisdictional hierarchy, inheritance of office of local headman, inheritance of property, presence of games of strategy, and polygyny (299-306).
Cone, Cynthia A."Pastoralists [will] be rated higher on the traits of toughness, maturity, and dutifulness and lower on the traits of submisiveness than the mixed farmers" (292).
Dirks, RobertHunters and gatherers will experience less frequent and drastic famine than other subsistence types (38).
Sanderson, Stephen K.Social stratification, class stratification, subsistence type, intensity of cultivation, use of plow, patrilineality, and patrilocality/virilocality will be positively associated with gender inequality, and female contribution to agriculture will be negatively associated with gender inequality (1427, 1438).
Ember, Carol R.Foragers will have less warfare than societies with other subsistence strategies (6).
Ember, Carol R.Non-pacified foragers will be less likely to have unpredictable natural disasters than non-pacified food-producers (10).
Ember, Carol R.Non-pacified foragers are less likely to socialize for mistrust than non-pacified food-producers (11).
Ember, Carol R.Frequency of homicide and assault will be related to subsistence type (14).
Ball, Donald W.Economic-technological variables will be positively related to game complexity (288).
Hooper, Paul L.There will be a negative association between polygyny and demand for male provisioning (3).
Konner, Melvin J.The use of adult or child nurses to care for the infant or young child will be less likely in hunting, gathering, and fishing societies.
Konner, Melvin J.Non-maternal contact in hunting, gathering, and fishing societies will most likely be with a play group.
Konner, Melvin J.Play group contact will be more common in hunting, gathering, and fishing societies than it is in “at least some more advanced subsistence types.”
Porter, Claire C.The net primary productivity of agriculturalists’ will be greater than that of foragers’ land.
Porter, Claire C.The net primary productivity of intensive agriculturalists land will be greater than that of pastoralists and horticulturalists.
Mukhopadhyay, Carol ChapnickControlling for subsistence technology, there will be no significant association between romantic love and subsistence dependence (57).
Jankowiak, WilliamIn societies with a more labor-intensive subsistence system, drug foods will function as labor enhancers (719).
Maxwell, Robert J.Gerontocide will be associated with subsistence type (517).
Young, Frank W.Male solidarity has a curvilinear relationship with the complexity of the local community. Where local autonomy prevails and division of labor is minimal, men's organizations are lacking. Under conditions of high social complexity, on the other hand, complex division of labor undermines male solidarity. Therefore, male solidarity is strongest at the middle levels of community complexity (100, 104)
Berbesque, J. ColetteHunter-gatherers will experience more famine than those with other modes of subsistence (1).
Berbesque, J. ColetteControlling for habitat quality, hunter-gatherers will experience more famine than agriculturalists (1).
Schaefer, James MichaelCoded data quality control factors will be associated with some aspects of mode of marriage.
Schaefer, James MichaelAn ordered category of mode of marriage (from gift exchange to dowry) will be associated with general scales of evolution (subisstence type, societal complexity, and settlement pattern).
Ember, Carol R.Cross-cultural variation in children's degree of economic work (ages 6-10) is linked to predominant subsistence strategy.
Ember, Carol R.Cross-cultural variation in children's degree of childcare (ages 6-10) is linked to predominant subsistence strategy.
Simmons, Leo W.Participation by the aged in general activities is dependent upon climate, permanency of residence, basic maintenance activities and family organization. The opportunity of the aged to participate in subsistence activities increases among herders and agriculturalists. Aged males are more likely to contribute to infant and child care in matriarchal societies. Midwifery is practiced by aged women regardless of cultural determinants (102, 103, 104)
Simmons, Leo W.". . . irrespective of age, there has been greater access to communal food stores among collectors and fishers and relatively less among hunters, while pronounced negative trends appear among herding and agricultural peoples" (33)
Simmons, Leo W.Aged women have tended to acquire property rights in simple societies and within matrilineal types of family organization. Aged men have tended to gain greatest control of property in more complex societies and within patrilineal family organization (49)
Simmons, Leo W.Prestige of the aged is negatively correlated with severe climate and impermanent residence. It is positively correlated for aged men and women where they have property rights and influence in government. Aged women enjoy more prestige in hunting-gathering and fishing societies and in societies where matrilineal family organization prevails. Aged men have high prestige where the food supply is constant, where family organization type is patrilineal, in herding and framing societies, and w...
Field, Peter B.". . . Tribes with very primitive hunting and gathering economies tend to have more drunkenness than tribes with more advanced herding and agricultural economies" (52)
Volk, Anthony A.Agriculturalist populations will have lower infant and child mortality rates than hunter-gatherer populations.
Freeman, Jacob"The relationship between population density and mean residence time is a positive, increasing curvilinear function (434)"
Freeman, Jacob"A critical threshold change should occur where the slope of the relationship between habitat residence time and population density changes dramatically, suggesting two distinct social regimes (434)"
Freeman, Jacob"Holding population density constant, forager groups should increase the time they spend within a habitat as the rate of resource growth in a habitat declines (434)"
Walker, Robert S.There is variability in residence patterns for hunter-gatherer and horticulturalist societies.
Walker, Robert S.Hunter-gatherer and lowland South American horticulturalist societies tend toward multilocality.
Apostolou, MenelaosSubsistence type and marriage type will affect the frequency of premarital relations; this relationship will differ between societies where arranged marriages are prevalent and societies where it is not (p.195).
Apostolou, MenelaosSubsistence type and marriage type will affect the frequency of men's premarital relations; this relationship will differ between societies where arranged marriages are prevalent and societies where it is not (p.195)."
Apostolou, MenelaosSubsistence type and marriage type will affect the attitude towards women's premarital relationships; this relationship will differ between societies where arranged marriages are prevalent and societies where it is not (p.195-6)."
Apostolou, MenelaosSubsistence type and marriage type will affect the double standard with regard to premarital sex; this relationship will differ between societies where arranged marriages are prevalent and societies where it is not (p.195)."
Apostolou, MenelaosSubsistence type and marriage type will affect the prevalence of extramarital relationships for married men and women; this relationship will differ between societies where arranged marriages are prevalent and societies where it is not (p.197)."
Apostolou, MenelaosSubsistence type and marriage type will affect the double standard with regard to extramarital sex; this relationship will differ between societies where arranged marriages are prevalent and societies where it is not (p.195)."
Apostolou, MenelaosSubsistence type and marriage type will affect the prevalence rate for rape; this relationship will differ between societies where arranged marriages are prevalent and societies where it is not (p.195)."
Apostolou, MenelaosSubsistence type and marriage type will affect attitudes towards rape; this relationship will differ between societies where arranged marriages are prevalent and societies where it is not (p.195)."
Hames, RaymondAdult violence mortality is higher among horticulturalists compared to hunter-gatherers (164).
Gurven, MichaelHuman bodies are designed to function well for about seven decades in the environment in which our species evolved (2)
Pontzer, HermanClimate and subsistence type will be associated with the percentage of animal foods in the diet.
Biagetti, StefanoSubsistence type will be associated with the distribution of drought-coping strategies.
Biagetti, StefanoSubsistence type, environmental conditions, and spatial distance between societies will all be associated with the distribution of drought-coping strategies.
Cruz y Celis Peniche, PatricioType of subsistence will predict the degree to which entomophagy is practiced.
Winkelman, Michael J. Subsistence type will predict magico-religious practitioner type.
Linquist, StefanPastoralist societies show a higher reactive psychological phenotype than horticultural societies.

Associated OCMs

  1. food quest
  2. annual cycle
  3. collecting
  4. hunting and trapping
  5. marine hunting
  6. fishing
  7. animal husbandry
  8. pastoral activities
  9. agriculture
  10. tillage
  11. vegetable production
  12. food processing
  13. diet
  14. machines
  15. production and supply