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Hughes, Robert M. (Fa 1080), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Sep 2017

Hughes, Robert M. (Fa 1080), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Folklife Archives Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project FA 1080. Paper titled “Hunting: Traditional Methods and Weapons” by Robert M. Hughes in which he presents information about lore related to hunting with a particular emphasis on hunting done by Native Americans. In addition to the paper Hughes provides five unrelated folklore items classified by genre for which he provides extensive documentation.


Marine Mammals In Asian Societies; Trends In Consumption, Bait, And Traditional Use, Lindsay Porter, Hong Yu Lai Feb 2017

Marine Mammals In Asian Societies; Trends In Consumption, Bait, And Traditional Use, Lindsay Porter, Hong Yu Lai

Anthropogenics and Population Decline Collection

In Asia many marine mammal species are consumed as food or for other purposes. The prevalence of this exploitation appears to increase from west to east. An escalating use of marine mammals and the emergence of commercialization of a trade in marine mammals is supported by:

  • Regular documentation of both open and covert trade;
  • A shift in focus in some diminishing traditional hunts to other marine mammal species;
  • A possible revival in some targeted hunts, which had previously ceased;
  • The recent implication of some cultures, which have little history of marine mammal consumption previously, in targeted hunts; and
  • The growing …