ANTH 1003 : STUDY GUIDE TEST 2 ANTH 1003
Document Summary
Rely on food naturally available in the environment (fishing, hunting, and collecting vegetable food) Strategy for 99% of the time humans have been on earth. Includes modern day examples as the inuit (arctic), the. Australian desert), san/ kung (kalahari desert: pastoralism. Caring for the domesticated animals which produce both meat and milk. Inlvolves a complex interaction among animals, land, and people. Does not require direct competition with other groups for the same resources. Found along with cultivation or trading relations with food: horticulture cultivators. Plant and harvest s=with simple tools (hoe, digging stick), without use of animals, irrigation, or plows. Does not use fields year after year, but allows them to recover through fallow. Produces a lower yield per acre and uses less human labor than mechanized agriculture. Does not produce surpluses for a wider market system with nonagricultural populations. A mixed subsistence strategy several crops. May involve hunting, fishing or raising domesticated animals.
