ANTHROP 1AA3 Lecture Notes - Fertile Crescent, Pastoralism, Llama
16 Sep 2013
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Food and nutrition part 2 lecture notes. Evolution isn"t directional, not moving toward something better, just moving forward. Limited in a foraging society because constantly following herds and plant seasons. Does not make sense to have huge entourage because must be able to feed that group. Don"t really have ability to store food since always on the move. Pastoralism sense of ownership and able to support larger populations. Subsistence used to be what we eat but now it is what we do. Agriculture allows people to specialize in certain thing. Looking from when people shifted from living off animal/plants surrounding them to when they began to cultivate and control land around them. Less variation in seeds/animal remains than hunter-gatherer times. Didn"t used to consume all the things we now see as staple crops. No concept of what it is like to communally provide food and to have to look after other people and make sure they are eating.
