Cultural ecology of dietary change accompanying changing activity patterns among the Shipibo

Journal Article · Mon Dec 01 00:00:00 EST 1986 · Hum. Ecol.; (United States)

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00888305· OSTI ID:5335169

Behrens, C A

Shipibo Indians, who formed a village to establish a school and health clinic, are gradually depleting local fish and game resources. Men, recently adopting rice as a cash crop, tend to fish and hunt less than other men working only their subsistence gardens. Sale of fish and game in the village is becoming common, and pigs, once raised exclusively for sale to non-Shipibo, are now more regularly eaten and used for attracting agricultural labor. Other research has indicated that cash cropping often competes for workers' time in subsistence and so dietary change usually accompanies changing activity patterns. This paper explores the latter possibility by examining the relationship between cash cropping, wild meat procurement, and diet among the Shipibo. Time allocation and food consumption data are analyzed statistically to test a mathematical theory and model which relates indigenous work patterns to diet.

• Research Organization: Univ. of California, Los Angeles (USA)
• OSTI ID: 5335169
• Journal Information: Hum. Ecol.; (United States), Vol. 14:4
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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