• DOI:10.1525/AE.1982.9.2.02A00100
Corpus ID: 144003530

why hunters gather: optimal foraging and the Aché of eastern Paraguay

@article{Hawkes1982whyHG,
  title={why hunters gather: optimal foraging and the Ach{\'e} of eastern Paraguay},
  author={K. Hawkes and Kim Hill and J. O'connell},
  journal={American Ethnologist},
  year={1982},
  volume={9},
  pages={379-398}
}

K. Hawkes, Kim Hill, J. O'connell

Published 1982

Geography

American Ethnologist

The determinants of food choices made by hunter-gatherers have long been a topic of speculation and controversy. In this paper, we analyze the foraging behavior of the Ache of eastern Paraguay and conclude that it is consistent with predictions derived from optimal foraging models. We infer that these very general models will continue to prove useful in explaining variation in hunter-gatherer subsistence patterns throughout time and space. [Ache, hunter-gatherers, optimal foraging theory, South… CONTINUE READING

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