ANTH 1001 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Wild Hogs, Clearcutting, Emic And Etic
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Patterns of subsistence- how people make a living. Includes: knowledge base, tool kit (tools or technology used to make a living), division of labor (most is by sex: male-hunt; women-gather), rules about food distribution, ideology (belief system) Hunting and foraging/gathering: oldest way of making a living, way people survived until about 10,000ya, few cultures use today. Only about 250,000 people use in the world. Live in marginal environment (artic, desert of south africa, jungle: small group size- 100 people or less, low population density. 1 person per sq. mile: nomadic, low amount of materials tools, cooking items, most egalitarian- everyone is of equal rank, no leader. Certain people make decisions: strong sexual division. Women-gather: work about 20hrs/wk, don"t go over carrying capacity (# of individuals that land can support) Carriheri desert: decreasing # of children a woman has, prolonged lactation (suppress ovulation) Women- clothes, babies, food, water, skin animals, pack up camp: egalitarian- no one leader.
