This edited volume analyzes the belief in supernatural gamekeepers
and/or animal masters of wildlife from a cross-cultural
perspective. It documents the antiquity and widespread occurrence
of the belief in supernatural gamekeepers at the global level. This
interdisciplinary volume documents both the antiquity and the
widespread geographical distribution of this belief along with
surveying the various manifestations of this cosmology by way of
studies from Europe, Asia, Africa, and North and South America.
Some chapters explore the manifestations of this belief as they
appear in petroglyphs/pictographs and other forms of material
culture. Others focus on the environmental impacts of these
beliefs/rituals and prescribed foraging restrictions by analyzing
how they affect game harvests. The internationally recognized
scholars in this volume assess the efficacy of this particular form
of traditional ecological knowledge (TEK) and investigate if
adherence to the belief in animal masters actually causes hunters
to refrain from overharvesting wild game and thereby contributes to
sustainable hunting practices. Â This volume is of interest
to anthropologists, archaeologists and other social scientists
researching traditional ecological knowledge (TEK), indigenous
conservation, biodiversity, and sustainability practices, and
animal deities.
General
| Imprint: |
Springer International Publishing AG
|
| Country of origin: |
Switzerland |
| Series: |
Conflict, Environment, and Social Complexity, 4 |
| Release date: |
October 2023 |
| First published: |
2023 |
| Editors: |
Richard J. Chacon
|
| Dimensions: |
235 x 155mm (L x W) |
| Edition: |
1st ed. 2023 |
| ISBN-13: |
978-3-03-137502-6 |
| Categories: |
Books
|
| LSN: |
3-03-137502-5 |
| Barcode: |
9783031375026 |
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