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Daniel Bates

Daniel G. Bates is an anthropologist and human ecologist. He is professor emeritus of anthropology at Department of Anthropology, Hunter College, CUNY. He is also the editor-in-chief of Human Ecology.[1]

Education and early research

Between 1968 and 1971, Bates conducted ecological fieldwork in Turkey and the Middle East.[2] He received his PhD from University of Michigan in 1971.[3] His doctoral dissertation The Yoruk of Southeastern Turkey: A Study of Social Organization and Land Use was based on fieldwork in Turkey with the Yörüks.[4] It was published in 1973 by University of Michigan Press as Nomads and Farmers: A Study of the Yörük of Southeastern Turkey.[5]

Career

Bates' research focuses on the intersection of anthropology, ecology and human culture. Much of his early research focused on nomadic groups in Turkey and West Asia,[6] including adaptive culture, intergroup exchange, systems of pastoralism,[7] and marriage patterns among the Yörük.[8][9] He has also done research on ethnic minorities in the Balkans and Eastern Europe.[10]

In 1976, Bates was invited by Susan H. Lees to co-edit the journal Human Ecology, after Andrew P. Vayda retired from the role.[11] That year, he also Bates co-authored Anthropology: Decisions, adaptation, and evolution with Fred Plog and Clifford J. Jolly.[12]

He co-edited Case Studies in Human Ecology with Lees in 1996, which was a collection of studies previously published in Human Ecology.[13] In 1998, he published Human Adaptive Strategies: Ecology, Culture and Politics.[14] Between 1998 and 2002, he also taught at Istanbul Bilgi University.[4]

Bates co-authored Human Adaptive Strategies An Ecological Introduction to Anthropology (2023) with Judith Tucker and Ludomir Lozny.[15]

Works

  • Cultural Anthropology (3rd Edition)
  • Human Adaptive Strategies: Ecology, Culture, and Politics (3rd Edition)
  • Peoples and Cultures of the Middle East (2nd Edition)
  • Human Adaptive Strategies
  • Human Ecology. Contemporary Research and Practice. Springer 2010

References

  1. "Editor-in-Chief, Daniel G. Bates — Hunter College". www.hunter.cuny.edu. Retrieved 2023-02-17.
  2. Bates, Daniel G. (2022), "The Role of the State in Peasant-Nomad Mutualism", Man in Adaptation, pp. 285–296, doi:10.4324/9780429337949-24, ISBN 9780429337949, retrieved 2023-02-17
  3. "Daniel Bates". guide.americananthro.org. Retrieved 2023-02-17.
  4. Magnarella, Paul J. (1976-01-01). "Some trends and consequences of modernization in turkey". Reviews in Anthropology. 3 (1): 68–72. doi:10.1080/00988157.1976.9977215. ISSN 0093-8157.
  5. Bates, Daniel G.; Lees, Susan H. (December 1977). "The Role of Exchange in Productive Specialization". American Anthropologist. 79 (4): 824–841. doi:10.1525/aa.1977.79.4.02a00040. ISSN 0002-7294.
  6. Bates, Daniel G.; Conant, Francis; Kudat, Ayse (1974). "Introduction: Kidnapping and Elopement as Alternative Systems of Marriage". Anthropological Quarterly. 47 (3): 233–237. ISSN 0003-5491. JSTOR 3316977.
  7. Bates, Daniel G. (2012-02-01). "On Forty Years: Remarks from the Editor". Human Ecology. 40 (1): 1–4. doi:10.1007/s10745-012-9461-z. ISSN 1572-9915. S2CID 254540987.
  8. Schwerin, Karl H. (April 1998). "Case Studies in Human Ecology . Daniel G. Bates , Susan H. Lees". Journal of Anthropological Research. 54 (1): 106–109. doi:10.1086/jar.54.1.3631682. ISSN 0091-7710.
  9. Anderson, E.N. (2002-01-01). "New Textbooks Show Ecological Anthropology Is Flourishing". Reviews in Anthropology. 31 (3): 231–242. doi:10.1080/00988150213691. ISSN 0093-8157. S2CID 144724118.

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