La adaptabilidad humana en las comunidades pesqueras.

Rosique, Javier
; Rebato, Esther

Publication year:

1997

Publication place:

Donostia-San Sebastián

ISSN:

1137-439X

Download pdf

Summary

The contribution of Human Ecology to the knowledge of the adaptability of fishermen communities can focus both in biological and cultural adaptations to the management of the ecosystems. The studies on the first settlements of Australia and Pacific Islands, the paleoanthropologic studies on the diet of the prehistoric population of the Cantabric and other Atlantic settlements in Europe have shown that fishing played an important role as a subsistence strategy and as a encouragement for both the technology improvement and the trend to sedentariness. Moreover, the researches on present days populations either of hunter-gatherers or cultures of advanced technology have shown valuable empirical data on energy flow and the relationship of health and diet in fishermen communities.