ANTH 202 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: World Health Organization, Nomadic Pastoralism, Slash-And-Burn
13 Apr 2016
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Mode of production: the dominant pattern of making a living in a culture. Pastoralism: : a mode of production based on keeping domesticated animal herds and using their products, such as meat and milk, for most of the diet. Nomadic: the nomadic pastoralism of the qashqai involves seasonal migration to remote pastures, separated by roughly 500 kilometres. Long-distance herding makes the qashqai vulnerable to raids and requires negotiation with settlements along the way for permission to cross their land. This vulnerability prompted them to develop a confederacy of tribes into a centralized political organization for protection. The qashqai thus show how ecology, economy, and political organizations are linked within an environment well endowed with resources and with many settled communities. Agriculture: a mode of production that involves growing crops with the use of plowing, irrigation, and fertilizer. Extensive agriculture: extensive agriculture depends on the gardener"s abilities to take care of the land.
