Hunter-Gatherer Foraging Five Simple Models

Name: Hunter-Gatherer Foraging Five Simple Models
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ISBN: 9780979773136

ISBN-10: 097977313X

ISBN-13: 9780979773136

Edition: 2009

Authors: Robert L. Bettinger

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From the preface: "This is a primer on foraging models relevant to the study of hunter-gatherers. It is intended for students new to the subject matter, especially those with little mathematical training, and similarly challenged ethnographers, ethnologists, and archaeologists who are familiar with the principles of foraging theory but have never mastered any of its individual models. There are more of them than one might think. The diet breadth model is the backbone of hunter-gatherer foraging research."

Book details

List price: $29.95
Copyright year: 2009
Publisher: Eliot Werner Publications, Incorporated
Publication date: 10/15/2009
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 124
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 0.25" tall
Weight: 0.660
Language: English




How to Calculate Optimal Diet Breadth


Introduction


The Model


Advanced Topic: Energetic Costs of Search and Handling


Incorporating Energetic Handling Cost


Incorporating Energetic Search Cost


Do Energetic Search and Handling Cost Matter Enough to be Included in the Diet Breadth Model?


Further Reading


Exercises for Chapter 1


Answers to Chapter 1 Exercises



Optimal Foraging with Constraints: Linear Programming


Introduction


The Ice Cream Cone Problem


An Example


A Maximizing Problem


Another Minimizing Problem


Do Constraint Lines Always Intersect?


Do Constraint Lines Always Run Down-to-the-Right?


Determining Values for Constraint Intersections


Two Single-Resource Constraints


One Single-Resource Constraint and One Two-Resource Constraint


Two Two-Resource Constraints


Further Reading


Exercises for Chapter 2


Answers to Chapter 2 Exercises



Front- and Back-Loaded Resources: Caching


Introduction


The Model


Further Reading


Exercises for Chapter 3


Answers to Chapter 3 Exercises



Technological Investment


Introduction


The Model


Field Processing I


Introduction


The Generic Model


Further Reading


Exercises for Chapter 4


Answers to Chapter 4 Exercises



Field Processing II


Introduction


The Model


Assumptions


Relationship Between Processing Time and Travel Time


Role of Procurement Time


Discussion


Big Package Resources


A General Model of Field Processing


Further Reading


Exercises for Chapter 5


Answers to Chapter 5 Exercises


Appendices