Socio-cultural correlates of fishing as a subsistence activity

ITS PURPOSE IS FIRST, TO FACILITATE UNDERSTANDING OF FISHING AS A MEANS OF ADAPTATION; SECOND, TO GENERATE HYPOTHESES TO BE TESTED BY FURTHER FIELD RESEARCH; AND THIRD, TO PREDICT POTENTIAL SOCIO-CULTURAL STRAIN WHEN THE PRINCIPAL SUBSISTENCE ACTIVITY IS BEING SHIFTED EITHER TOWARD OR AWAY FROM FISHING. THE DATA ON WHICH THIS PAPER IS BASED ARE DRAWN FROM TWO PRINCIPLE SOURCES, MURDOCK"S WORLD ETHNOGRAPHIC SAMPLE, AND MURDOCK"S ETHNOGRAPHIC ATLAS. THE CORRELATES ANALYZED ARE THE DISTRIBUTION OF FISHING SOCIETIES; DIVISION OF LABOR; CO-OCCURRENCE OF FISHING WITH OTHER SUBSISTENCE ACTIVITIES; SETTLEMENT PATTERNS; COMMUNITY ORGANIZATION, KINSHIP, AND MARRIAGE PATTERNS; SOCIAL STRATIFICATION AND POLITICAL ORGANIZATION; CO-OCCURRENCE WITH OTHER TECHNOLOGIES; AND FINALLY, SOCIALIZATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL CHARACTERISTICS, GAMES, AND RELIGION.