Interdependence and Power
Complexity in Hunter-Gatherer/Farmer Exchanges
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 9216985 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Matthew Boyd (0000-0003-2997-5090, Department of Archaeology, Univenity of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta TlN 1N4), Matt Boyd (0000-0002-1387-5047, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1998 |
| Volume | 43 |
| Issue | 165 |
| Pages | 311-319 |
| Publication date | 1998-08-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Plains Anthropologist (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0032-0447 • E-ISSN: 2052-546X |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/2052546.1998.11931874 |
| OpenAlex | W2512747105 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 11 |
| References cited | 11 |
In recent years, socioeconomic relations between horticulturists and hunter-gatherers have received greater attention in the archaeological literature. These relations have been probed primarily from theoretical perspectives that emphasize adaptation and dietary optimization. For example, the exchange of bison meat for maize between hunters and farmers is seen as an efficient means of acquiring protein in otherwise carbohydrate-rich diets, and carbohydrates in protein-abundant diets. On the surface, such cases in the social world seem to mimic examples of interdependence in the natural world, and they appear to presume a degree of equality between participants. It is argued here that relations of power and conflict may develop against the background of interdependence and adaptive exchange. A brief examination of the historic bison-corn exchange network in the Northern Plains is presented. Available data on the early phase (ca. 1730s-1810) ofMandan-Hidatsa and Cree-Assiniboin exchanges suggest that this interdependent system was characterized by oscillating conflict over time. Moreover, conflict and inequality may be at least in part attributed to the use of subsistence and non-subsistence monopoliesas tools for socioeconomic leverage. Archaeologists must be sensitive to the potential presence of similar processes prehistorically if the complexity of culture-contact scenarios is to be appreciated
Agriculture · Archaeology · Economic geography · Geography · Hunter-gatherer · Interdependence · Leverage (statistics) · Population · Power (physics) · Social science · Sociocultural evolution · Socioeconomic status · Sociology · Subsistence agriculture · Anthropology · Archaeology and ancient environmental studies · Computer Science · Demography · Indigenous Studies and Ecology · Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology
Prehistoric Plant Use at Beaver Creek Rock Shelter, Southwestern Montana, U.S.A
Archaeobotanical evidence of prehistoric maize (Zea mays) consumption at the northern edge of the Great Plains
Reassessing the northern limit of maize consumption in North America
Complex Hunter–Gatherers in Evolution and History
The Evolution of Human Co-operation
Cultural patterns within and outside of the post-contact Great Plains as revealed by parfleche characteristics
Natural disasters and interregional interactions
Forager and food producer interrelationships in the zooarchaeological record
Protein metabolism and the archaeological record
Northernmost Precontact Maize in North America
Cultural Diversification and Decimation in the Prehistoric Record
Hunter-Gatherers
Interdependence among egalitarian societies
The Plains Cree
Late Prehistoric Exchange Between the Southwest and Southern Plains
Acculturation in the Middle Missouri Valley as Reflected in Modified Bone Assemblages
Hunter-Gatherers and Their Neighbors from Prehistory to the Present [and Comments and Replies]
History of the Expedition under the Command of Lewis and Clark
An Interpretation of Mandan Culture History
Hunter-Gatherer/Farmer Exchange
The Role of Exchange in Productive Specialization
| Unique citing works | 11 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,48 |
| Citation span | 2003 - 2025 (23) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 11 |