ANTHROP 1AA3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Islamic Calendar, Matzo, Determinism
16 Dec 2016
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A substance consume to provide nutritional support for the body. Usually of plant or animal origin, and contains essential nutrients, such as carbohydrates, fats, proteins, vitamins, or minerals. From (cid:494)crops to cuisine(cid:495)- cultural aspects of food. From crops to cuisine initial focus on subsistence- what people eat (often viewed as deterministic) 1960s methodological innovations to study subsistence and diet. People don(cid:495)t just subsist they eat food (cid:494)people don(cid:495)t eat species, they eat meals(cid:495) We don(cid:495)t eat pig/cow, we eat pork/beef (cid:494)the doctrine that all events, including human action, are ultimately determined by causes external to the will(cid:495) Key term: determinism food, meals and consumption= culture. Bindford et al argued that the primary influence on culture is the environment as to how people live their lives and how they adapt. Environment=climate (hot/cold/dry/wet) ecology (plants, soils, animals), resources (timber/stone, metals, clays etc) During pregnancy many taboos for females and males.
