Famine
Forest Management Policies and Tribals of Jharkhand: Retrospect and Prospect
By: AMBRISH GAUTAM – Bir bano? disum ale horoko kale sukua, said the Mundas to Hoffman when he was writing his Encyclopaedia Mundarica in the last quarter of the 19th century. ‘We the Mundas do not like to live in a country where there are no forests’, is not just a casual statement of some…
The Invisible Hunger: Is Famine Identifiable from the Archaeological Record?
By: JOHANNA MORGAN – Famine, as defined by an acute (short-term) or chronic (long-term or cyclical) period of starvation, is identifiable in the historical period from written records and potentially with archaeological corroboration, but in prehistory other approaches must be employed. Several of these are discussed including studies of diet and nutrition, paleodemography, environmental catalysts,…