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

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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

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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

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  • 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
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References

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  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. ^ a b "Daniel G. Bates - Anthropology - iResearchNet". Retrieved 2023-02-17.
  5. ^ "Nomads and Farmers: A Study of the Yörük of Southeastern Turkey – Books". Retrieved 2023-02-17.
  6. ^ 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.
  7. ^ 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.
  8. ^ Bates, Daniel G. (1974). "Normative and Alternative Systems of Marriage among the Yörük of Southeastern Turkey". Anthropological Quarterly. 47 (3): 270–287. doi:10.2307/3316980. ISSN 0003-5491. JSTOR 3316980.
  9. ^ 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.
  10. ^ Bates, Daniel G. (1994-11-01). "What's in a name? Minorities, identity, and politics in Bulgaria". Identities. 1 (2–3): 201–225. doi:10.1080/1070289X.1994.9962505. ISSN 1070-289X.
  11. ^ 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.
  12. ^ Bean, Susan S. (April 1979). "Linguistic Anthropology: How is the study of language part of anthropology? A review of language and linguistics in introductory textbooks - Victor Barnouw, An introduction to anthropology: Ethnology. Homewood, Ill.: The Dorsey Press, 1978. - Carol R. Ember and Melvin Ember, Anthropology. New York: Appleton-Century-Crofts. 1973. - Marvin Harris, Culture, people and nature. New York: Thomas Y. Crowell.1975. - William A. Haviland, Anthropology. New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston. 1974. - Roger M. Keesing and Felix M. Keesing, New perspectives in cultural anthropology. New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston. 1971. - Conrad Phillip Kottak, Anthropology: The exploration of human diversity. New York: Random House. 1978. - Fred Plog, Clifford J. Jolly and Daniel G. Bates, Anthropology: Decisions, adaptation, and evolution. New York: Alfred A. Knopf. 1976. - James P. Spradley and David McCurdy, Anthropology: The cultural perspective. New York: John Wiley and Sons. 1975". Language in Society. 8 (1): 101–109. doi:10.1017/S0047404500006023. ISSN 1469-8013. S2CID 250438553.
  13. ^ 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.
  14. ^ 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.
  15. ^ "Human Adaptive Strategies: An Ecological Introduction to Anthropology". Routledge & CRC Press. Retrieved 2023-02-17.