ANTH 310 Lecture Notes - Lecture 14: Hand Game
17 May 2020
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In general, people moved to where food resources were available, usually many times each year. They were very flexible in what they would eat and where they would live, which led to their success. Settlement patterns often shifted from one year to the next. Seasonal availability of a food resource often was the reason for movement from one location to another. Some locations were occupied more frequently than others. Summer: occupation of valley villages, mobility high. Many excursions for fishing and seed-collecting in surrounding hills. Early fall: continued occupation of valley villages, mobility low. Seed gathering, communal rabbit hunts, large social gatherings . Varied in the amount of investment in construction. Construction materials varied, depending on what was locally available. The length of time that the dwelling was meant to . Each tribal group was divided into bands. Each band occupied a territory and was generally less than 100 people in size.
