ANTH 206 Lecture Notes - Landfall, Breadfruit, Pandanus
5 Jun 2012
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Not just conscious, explicit knowledge e. g. tukano"s herbal contraceptive. Not just conscious, explicit knowledge e. g. tukano"s herbal contraceptive e. g. guinea, how to make forests. Not just conscious, explicit knowledge e. g. tukano"s herbal contraceptive e. g. guinea, how to make forests e. g. tikopia, how to mimic the rainforest ecology. Not just conscious, explicit knowledge e. g. tukano"s herbal contraceptive e. g. guinea, how to make forests e. g. tikopia, how to mimic the rainforest ecology e. g. slash-and-burn farming. Agriculturists seem to have more knowledge than hunters-gatherers. People gained sense of attachment to the land. People forget why they do the things that they do. A belief is developed that the people have always been here. All farmers in an area plant at the same time. Tend to be great ecological important lands e. g. turtle nesting size. No one thinks someone else will try to exploit a resource. Identifying wave patterns in order to make landfall.
