@inbook {, title = {Leveling the Hunter: Constraints on the status quest in foraging societies}, booktitle = {Food and the status quest: an interdisciplinary perspective}, year = {1996}, note = {edited by Polly Wiessner and Wulf Schiefenh{\"o}vel.ill., maps ; 23 cm.Preface / Wulf Schiefenhovel -- 1. Introduction: Food, Status, Culture, and Nature / Polly Wiessner -- 2. The Ethological Bases of Status Hierarchies / Barbara Hold-Cavell -- 3. The Evolution of Nurturant Dominance / Irenaus Eibl-Eibesfeldt -- 4. Dominance Status, Food Sharing, and Reproductive Success in Chimpanzees / William C. McGrew -- 5. Food Sharing and Status in Unprovisioned Bonobos / Gottfried Hohmann and Barbara Fruth -- 6. Systems of Power: The Function and Evolution of Social Status / Karl Grammer -- 7. Feasts and Commensal Politics in the Political Economy: Food, Power, and Status in Prehistoric Europe / Michael Dietler -- 8. Feasting in Prehistoric and Traditional Societies / Brian Hayden -- 9. Food Production and Social Status as Documented in Proto-Cuneiform Texts / Peter Damerow -- 10. Leveling the Hunter: Constraints on the Status Quest in Foraging Societies / Polly Wiessner -- 11. Food and the Status Quest in Five African Cultures / Igor de Garine.12. Food, Competition, and the Status of Food in New Guinea / Pierre Lemonnier -- 13. Of Harvests and Hierarchies: Securing Staple Food and Social Position in the Trobriand Islands / Wulf Schiefenhovel and Ingrid Bell-Krannhals -- 14. Food and Household Status in Nepal / Catherine Panter-Brick -- 15. Nutritional Security and the Status Quest in Developing Countries / Rainer Gross and Gunter Dresrusse.}, pages = {171-191}, publisher = {Berghahn Books}, organization = {Berghahn Books}, address = {Providence}, keywords = {Food consumption., Food supply., Food., Nutrition Requirements Developing countries., Nutritional anthropology.}, isbn = {1571818715 (acid-free pa}, author = {Wiessner, Polly}, editor = {Wiessner, Polly and Schiefenh{\"o}vel, Wulf} }