3. Plant Foods and Gathering

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Acknowledgments ix
4. Notes on the Text xvii
5. Introduction: The Expeditions and Conditions of Study 1
6. 1. Orientation and Perspectives 12
7. 2. Environment and Settlement 62
8. 3. Plant Foods and Gathering 92
9. 4. Animal Foods and Hunting 124
10. 5. The Family and the Band 156
11. 6. The Kin Terminology System 201
12. 7. Reserved Behavior 243
13. 8. Marriage 252
14. 9. Sharing, Talking, and Giving: Relief of Social Tensions 287
15. 10. Play and Games 313
16. 11. Music for Pleasure 363
17. Appendix 1: Band Charts 383
18. Appendix 2: !Kung Artifacts 413
19. Appendix 3: John Marshall's Films 417
20. Tables 418
21. Figures 419
22. Index 421