ANTH 1150 Chapter Notes - Chapter 5: Mechanised Agriculture, Functional Response, Pastoralism
16 Jun 2016
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Throughout human history ppl have adopted various strategies to secure their basic needs, such as food. These adaptations are known as patterns of subsistence: food- procuring strategies. Misleading to say all these ppl followed one of these 5 strategies as there is a great deal of diversity in the ways ppl adapt to ones environment. How resources are harvested and allocated is important and societies have evolved coping mechanisms referred to: relations of production. ^ these relations and social adaptations require ppl such as, agreement and consent, are essential adaptations if society is to function properly. Establishes a moving balance between the needs of a population and the potential of its environment. Horticulture: normally small scale cultivation of crops using hand tools such as digging sticks or hoes. Tseembaga: raise pigs but only use them as a sacrifice, illness/injury, warfare and celebration. Adaptation also refers to the functional response of organisms/populations to their environment.
