ANTHROP 1AA3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Ecological Niche, Pastoralism, Key Food
28 Nov 2016
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Most of us now removed from food production. Many/most people - now and historically - acquire(d) food through different processes. Key term: subsistence patterns influences/constrains other cultural traits. Different ways a cultural group can feed itself. How people think about themselves and others. Resources - water, soil, timber, stone, wildlife/plants. Topography (desert, mountain, valleys, coastal, plains ) Number of people who can be sustained in the region/ecosystem. Need large area access for annual survival. Need smaller area for annual survival focused/fixed resources. Hunt wild animals, collect wild plants, fishing. Agriculture: more intensive farming, mixed (agro-pastoral) economics. Process of cultural change in context of (forces & reactions) dense and rapid links of trade, communication, population movement, and other forms of international and transnational contact. Process of interaction and integration (homogenization) among people, companies, and governments of different nations process driven by trade, investment and information technology. Security of own food and surplus potential.
