ANTH 1220 Lecture Notes - Lecture 25: Pastoralism, Social Equality

• School: University of Manitoba
• Department: Anthropology
• Course: ANTH 1220
• Professor: Ellen R.Judd

Document Summary

Population factors revolve around the fact that many foraging societies have small populations and utilize strategies to curb the population (think about how this relates to the notion of carrying capacity) A meal, laid out for cooking: wildebeest meat (gnu), wild watermelon, wild cucumber, nuts, jewel beetles, and a tortoise shell bowl. There are also social and cultural factors associated with foraging: o little property: territorial flexibility, communal sharing, social equality. But it can get complex: especially in marine environments with abundant resources such as the pacific northwest, storage technologies are a main reason for this occurrence. This can lead to more complex societies which feature permanent settlements, large(r) populations, complex societies with social divisions and the accumulation of wealth and prestige items. Pastoralism is a subsistence strategy and way of life that focuses on raising and caring for large herds of domesticated animals.