Nonmarket Cooperation in the Indigenous Food Economy of Taimyr, Arctic Russia: Evidence for Control and Benefit

Empirical data on food sharing in native Dolgan, Nganasan, and Nenets communities in Siberia provide evidence for hunter control over big game and fish, as well as likely benefits of inter-household sharing. Most food sharing occurs with kin and, thus, kin-selection-based nepotism cannot be ruled ou...

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Published in:Behavioral and Brain Sciences
Main Author: Ziker, John
Format: Text
Language:unknown
Published: ScholarWorks 2004
Subjects:
Anthropology
Arctic
nenets
Nganasan*
Taimyr
Siberia
Online Access:https://scholarworks.boisestate.edu/anthro_facpubs/1
https://doi.org/10.1017/S0140525X04340124
https://scholarworks.boisestate.edu/context/anthro_facpubs/article/1000/viewcontent/Ziker___Nonmarket_Cooperation.pdf
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Summary:Empirical data on food sharing in native Dolgan, Nganasan, and Nenets communities in Siberia provide evidence for hunter control over big game and fish, as well as likely benefits of inter-household sharing. Most food sharing occurs with kin and, thus, kin-selection-based nepotism cannot be ruled out. Reciprocal inter-household sharing at meals occurs less often. Social context is discussed.

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