SOCY 200 Lecture Notes - Breastfeeding, Maternal Death, Infant Mortality
31 Oct 2013
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1: low productivity, limited food supply, small population, few possessions, nomadic, limited division of labor, single village, kin based social organization, minimal inequality, very little social change, conservative ideology, limited contact with other societies. How does hunting and gathering society compare to inuit society: specialized to unique biophysical environment, no gathering: more fishing, gender inequality. Why were hunter gathers nomadic: mode of production, subsistence technology, biophysical environment, depleted resources, change of seasons. Very few remain: only occupy land no one else wants. I"d rather be studying_________________: arctic tundra, australian desert pease@umd. edu 10/31/2013. Why were hunter gather societies so small: mode of production, subsistence technology, mode of reproduction three babies. , low: birth rate (3-5 years nursing is bad for fertility. )(abortion of 3rd child: don"t have: high: death rate (high rate of infant mortality. ) (and also maternal mortality. )(half of the kids aren"t expected to live past 15. )(high euthanasia rate; these no longer have a.
