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Brian F. Codding

Biography

Brian F. Codding

Brian F. Codding is an assistant professor of anthropology at the University of Utah. He has published more than 30 peer-review papers on the ecology of hunter-gatherers.

Brian F. Codding

Books by Brian F. Codding

edited by Brian F. Codding and Karen L. Kramer - Economics, Nonfiction

Foraging persists as a viable economic strategy both in remote regions and within the bounds of developed nation-states. Given the economic alternatives available, why do some groups choose to maintain their hunting and gathering lifeways? Through a series of detailed case studies, the contributors to this volume examine the decisions made by modern-day foragers to sustain a predominantly hunting and gathering way of life. What becomes clear is that hunter-gatherers continue to forage because the economic benefits of doing so are high relative to the local alternatives and, perhaps more importantly, because the social costs of not foraging are prohibitive.