ANTH 206 Lecture Notes - Asian Dust, Population Control, Coitus Interruptus
5 Jun 2012
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Belief the land was given by heroic ancestors. Not exploited, but by being imbued by symbolic meanings. There is a limited amount of energy in the system. Tell stories about extinct species due to poor ecological behavior. Birds" eggs, spawning fish, and reptiles are not eaten during breeding season. Species can be hunted once their constellation has risen over the horizon. The shaman is the ecological leader and coordinator. Moa will punish them if they don"t keep balance. It"s up to humans to replenish the environment. One kept its forest cover, the other was entirely deforested. Close to fallout of volcanic ash and asian dust. Not everyone has rights on every piece of land. Population control e. g. burning forest land e. g. pigs (ate everything and destroyed lands) Extermination of all land birds and over-harvesting of shellfish. Total deforestation, abandonment of statue-building, toppling of statues, collapse of chiefly authority, starvation, warfare, cannibalism, etc.
