ANTH 202 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Economic System, Wage Labour, Nuclear Family
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Lesson 6-making a living and modes of production. Agriculture: mono cropping, mechanization, fertilization, irrigation, larger yields per acre. Found in places where horticulture cannot take place (some exceptions). They are nomadic, thus no private ownership of land, equal accss to natural resources, generalized reciprocity, and no accumulation of wealth. There is no specialization of of labour, but gendered divison of labour, private ownership of tools, informal leadership, egalitarian societies, and they are in small unit of about 50 people called bands. Forces of production: labour power (people), and means of production (see: means of production) Horticulture: also called slash and burn cultivation, swidden cultivation, shifting cultivation, extensive agriculture. Etymology; from latin word hortis (garden), which contrasts with latin word ager (field). Mode of production: the dominant way of making a living in a society (produce goods and services) Means of production: tools, equipment, land, capital, buildings, etc.
