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The Baobab in Hadza Inspirational Life

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Central-place provisioning was earlier identified as a system of social production in which resources acquired by male hunters and female gatherers are brought back to camps and made available to offspring and caregivers by delayed exchange and by pooling and sharing. The argument presented was that central-place cam** associated with generalized food production (also identified as central-place foraging) and central-place provisioning (Marlowe 2006) should be expanded to include central-place living. This broader view is necessary because Hadza camps, like those of other foragers, involve more than the practical requirements of a secure, sheltered, residential environment that is centrally located for kin-based and camp-wide exchange; more than a central place for processing, cooking, and eating food; and more than an environment for the care and provisioning of offspring, especially dependent children, and their caretakers, as well as the old, sick, and injured.

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Rashford, J. (2023). The Baobab in Hadza Inspirational Life. In: Baobab. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-26470-2_18

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