Band size

Food 'taboos'm

eat sharingm

eat/ vegetable

descentaggregation and dispersal

territorym

arriageadoption

authoritiesm

enstrual taboos

men

wom

en

Paliyan18-30hierarchy of preferences

no big game

hunted; evenly distributed if collectively hunted

25/75hunt, honey

bilateralno pattern

none

highly fragile, cross-cousin or niece preferred, polygam

y

comm

on from

age 6 or 7, often leading to m

arriagerecognized conciliator

Hadza10-100creatures w

ith scales

men, w

omen

little/most

huntgather

bilateral

no pattern; larger in dry season

nonefraglie, often de facto

noneW

prevents H

from hunting

Malapandaram10-20

reptiles, am

phibians, m

ost birds, carnivores; pigs, bison, harre, m

acaque, lorisshared w

idelylittle/m

osthunt, honey, trade item

sgather

bilateral

no pattern (gathering for m

arriage, fem

ale initiation, funerals)

none

fragile, cross-cousin preferred, polygam

yvery com

mon

none

W prevents H

from

hunting and honey collecting

Mbuti7-30 families

(50-80)

personal 'totem

s' or allerfies; clan totem

elders, w

omen,

children? Equal

huntgather, beaters

bilateral

seasonal (net/archer inversion in honey season)

fixed spatially, open socially

fragile, residence decided by band

comm

on from

age 4buffoon

W prevents H

from

hunting

Birhor20-50net ow

ner, beater, chief

?hunt, trade item

sgather, beaters

patrilineal clans (only for m

en)

clans associated w

ith hills w

hich they avoid

exogamous

patriclan; no cross generation

chief diviner, lieutenant

Wom

an prevents fam

ily from

sharing sacrifice

!Kung30

WP, P, W

, C, B

&

Z, WB

& Z,

etc.30/70

huntgather

bilateral

seasonal (dry season aggregation)

fixed band w

aterholes, open socially

prohibited to 3rd degree; uxorilocal brideservice

waterhole

'owner'

Andaman30-50

personal 'totem

s' or allergies

shared widely

66/33hunt, honey, m

ake durables

wood, w

ater, ornam

ents, gather

bilateral

no pattern ('corroboree' organized by chief)

tribal territories. Feuding if perm

ission to pass not obtained

betrothal in youth, stable m

onogamy

almost all

from age 7

chief camp

headman

Okiek50-80 (patrilineage)

shared widely

70/15/15 (honey)

hunt, honeyw

ood, water

patrilineal: land ow

ning group, local group, w

oman

exchanging

no pattern (cerem

onial gathering)

clan territory ow

ned exclusively for bee hives; not residential

M has form

al choice

none

sexual division of labor