ANT415H5 Lecture 8: ANT415 LEC8 050319
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Subsistence everything involved in the acquisition of food resources: environment and animals exploited, how animals are caught, how foods are prepared, ritual and ideology technology used. Diet - food that is actually consumed, can be observed through opposite analysis. Problems: cannot necessarily assume people behaved same way with respect to specific activities, forced movement of cultures into different environments in historic period, cultures are dynamic through time. People determine: where they will live, when they will live there, modification of the environment to their advantage anthropogenic environments (environments managed by people) Technology important for integrating zooarchaeology with other sub-disciplines. Different hunting methods for different animals, or at different seasons of the year. Hunting can be an individual pursuit, or a communal endeavour depends on the characteristics of the animal. Weapons: hand held tool thrown or placed in the path of prey facilities: control the movement of animals.
