The question of hunter-gatherer territoriality: The case of the Batek of Malaysia

Reference Type Book Chapter
Year of Publication
1986
Contributors Author: Kirk Endicott
Author: Karen Lampell Endicott
Editor: Megan Biesele
Editor: Robert Gordon
Editor: Richard Lee
Book Title
The past and future of !Kung ethnography: Critical reflections and symbolic perspectives: Essays in honour of Lorna Marshall
Secondary Title
Quellen zur Khoisan-Forschung no. 4
Pagination
137-162
Date Published
01/1987
Publisher
Helmut Buske Verlag
City
Hamburg
Language
English
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In this paper we hope to make a small additional contribution to the understanding of hunter-gatherer territoriality by describing the social organization, economic activities, and rights to land and resources among the Batek of peninsular Malaysia. The Batek provide an interesting complementary case to the !Kung because they live in a tropical rain forest, where food and water resources are relatively abundant, and because, unlike the !Kung, exchange with outsiders is an important part of their economy. The most striking contrast, however, is that the Batek are not territorial in any of the usual senses of the term.
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http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/16967559
Short Title
The question of hunter-gatherer territoriality