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Bion Griffin

    Bion Griffin

    • Ethnoarchaeologist, ethnographer, one-time archaeologist. Ph.D. Arizona, Professor Emeritus University of Hawaii anth... moreedit
    Human settlement of Oceania marked the culmination of a global colonization process that began when humans first left Africa at least 90,000 years ago. The precise origins and dispersal routes of the Austronesian peoples and the... more
    Human settlement of Oceania marked the culmination of a global colonization process that began when humans first left Africa at least 90,000 years ago. The precise origins and dispersal routes of the Austronesian peoples and the associated Lapita culture remain contentious, and numerous disparate models of dispersal (based primarily on linguistic, genetic, and archeological data) have been proposed. Here, through the use of mtDNA from 781 modern and ancient Sus specimens, we provide evidence for an early human-mediated translocation of the Sulawesi warty pig ( Sus celebensis ) to Flores and Timor and two later separate human-mediated dispersals of domestic pig ( Sus scrofa ) through Island Southeast Asia into Oceania. Of the later dispersal routes, one is unequivocally associated with the Neolithic (Lapita) and later Polynesian migrations and links modern and archeological Javan, Sumatran, Wallacean, and Oceanic pigs with mainland Southeast Asian S. scrofa . Archeological and geneti...
    ... Archaeological approaches to the present: Models for reconstructing the past. Post a Comment. CONTRIBUTORS: Author: Yellen, John E. (b. 1942, d. ----. PUBLISHER: Academic Press (New York). SERIES TITLE: YEAR: 1977. PUB TYPE: Book... more
    ... Archaeological approaches to the present: Models for reconstructing the past. Post a Comment. CONTRIBUTORS: Author: Yellen, John E. (b. 1942, d. ----. PUBLISHER: Academic Press (New York). SERIES TITLE: YEAR: 1977. PUB TYPE: Book (ISBN 0127703500 ). ...
    WHEN A PERSON does what he or she considers ethnoarchaeological research there is no particular worry about a definition of ethnoarchaeology. When I write to friends in various countries in Asia asking them about what is going on in... more
    WHEN A PERSON does what he or she considers ethnoarchaeological research there is no particular worry about a definition of ethnoarchaeology. When I write to friends in various countries in Asia asking them about what is going on in ethnoarchaeological research in their countries, I don't define the term. In the few replies I have received, no one has asked me to define the term or has seemed to have misunderstood my request for information. But now that I am writing about "ethnoarchaeology," I have been forced to ask myself, "What is ethnoarchaeology?" I find I am not very sure of an answer. Is it ethnoarchaeology when an archaeologist does ethnography? I suppose that is usually the case. Are archaeologists the only ones who can do ethnoarchaeology? I would think not and would hope not. Can ethnoarchaeology be a library study? While I suspect this is not the purpose we have in mind, I don't see why it can't be. If we agree that ethnoarchaeology can b...
    Woman the Hunter: The Agta Agnes Estioko-Griffin and P. Bion Griffin Among Agta Negritos of northeastern Luzon, the Philippines, women are of special interest to anthropology because of their position in the organization of subsistence.... more
    Woman the Hunter: The Agta Agnes Estioko-Griffin and P. Bion Griffin Among Agta Negritos of northeastern Luzon, the Philippines, women are of special interest to anthropology because of their position in the organization of subsistence. They are substantial contributors to the ...
    ... All surfaces are polished; the handle is flat and has an incised groove 3.2 cm. from the end. Amosaic of small rectangular pieces of turquoise surrounded the handle. ... Only by conjecture can one separate the social from the ritual... more
    ... All surfaces are polished; the handle is flat and has an incised groove 3.2 cm. from the end. Amosaic of small rectangular pieces of turquoise surrounded the handle. ... Only by conjecture can one separate the social from the ritual in Burial 140. The wand and turquoise mosaic ...
    Page 1. The Royal University of Fine Arts) East-West Center) and University of Hawai(i Program in the Archaeology and Anthropology of the Kingdom of Cambodia) 1994-1998 P. BION GRIFFIN, JUDY LEDGERWOOD, AND CHUCH PHOEURN ...
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    Women's hunting is widely held biologically impracticable in foraging societies, chiefly because hunting is presumed incompatible with maternal responsibilities. A three-year study of hunting practices among the Agta Negrito people of... more
    Women's hunting is widely held biologically impracticable in foraging societies, chiefly because hunting is presumed incompatible with maternal responsibilities. A three-year study of hunting practices among the Agta Negrito people of northern Luzon reveals women's active participation in hunting, singly and in groups, without detriment to normal fertility and child care.
    ... though probably not until the early 18OOs, after the Spanish colonial state's tobacco monopoly was established in 1785 (de Jesus 1982:28). ... with 'assisting' national minorities) and its boss,... more
    ... though probably not until the early 18OOs, after the Spanish colonial state's tobacco monopoly was established in 1785 (de Jesus 1982:28). ... with 'assisting' national minorities) and its boss, Manuel (Manda) Elizalde, who among other things, sent an Agta beauty princess to a ...
    The reproductive histories of 74 post-menarcheal Agta Negrito women, tropical foragers of Cagayan province, north-eastern Luzon, the Philippines are described and analysed in comparison with data collected by Howell on Dobe !Kung... more
    The reproductive histories of 74 post-menarcheal Agta Negrito women, tropical foragers of Cagayan province, north-eastern Luzon, the Philippines are described and analysed in comparison with data collected by Howell on Dobe !Kung hunter-gatherers. Among the Agta, mean age at menarche is 17, mean age at first live birth is 20.14 years, mean completed parity is 6.53 and mean age at menopause is 44. Average height is 141.24 cm and average weight 36.72 kg. No time trends were detected in age at menarche and age at first live birth among the Agta. Average spacing between live births where an infant survives until the birth of the next sibling was 2.85 years. Compared to the Dobe !Kung, Agta women have later menarche, but shorter birth spacing and a longer active childbearing span.
    This paper looks at how the Agta are perceived by non-Agta and the relevance such perception has on Agta involvement in logging, environmental conservation, evangelical Christianity, and hosting their admirers: the anthropologists. We... more
    This paper looks at how the Agta are perceived by non-Agta and the relevance such perception has on Agta involvement in logging, environmental conservation, evangelical Christianity, and hosting their admirers: the anthropologists. We focus on two groups of Agta: (1) the people of the municipality of Palanan, site of the World Bank and Dutch government funded Sierra Madre Wilderness Park, and (2) the people of Maconacon north of Palanan, the location of a defunct logging operation, missionary effort, and Armed Forces Philippines/New People's Army struggle. While inundated with outside pressures, the Agta people are increasingly asserting their own identity and becoming active players in a global and post-colonial context. We suggest that the Agta are not completely subordinate to their petty capitalist and farming neighbours. While the Agta are participants and consumers of global culture, they have retained a degree of cultural autonomy and an ability to create their own history.