ANTH 1102 Chapter Notes - Chapter 16: Transhumance, Pastoralism
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Adaptive strategy- means of making a living productive system. Foraging- an economy and a way of life based on hunting and gathering. Correlation- an association when one variable changes another does too. Band- the basic social unit among foragers fewer than a hundred people may split up seasonally. Agriculture- cultivation using land and labor continuously and intensively. Domesticated animals are used as a means of production for transport, as cultivating machines and for their manure. Irrigation while horticulturalists must wait the rainy season agriculturalist can schedule their planting in advance because they control water. An irrigated field is a capital investment that usually increases in value. Terracing- is another agriculture technique the ifugao have mastered. People needed to farm the hills that they lived in and that is where they learned to terrace. Cultivation continuum- continuum of land and labor use.
