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economics, foraging societies
anthropology economics, foraging societies
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Anthropology
Undergraduate 1
02/18/2009

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subsistence strategy
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way of transforming material resources of environment into food
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foraging
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acquiring food by gathering, hunting, fishing
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baka are what kind of gatherers?
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foragers. (?)
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washo- great basin area..is what kind of
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Dobe Julhoang/ San people/kung/ Bushmen
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are there chiefs in nomadic/foraging societies
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no, they are "egalitarian"- social equality. no one is in charge.
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interesting exception to foraging societies
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northwest coast native american (naida?)
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(1)the great forager debate
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modern-day foragers are analogs to the past foragers. this may not work because: modern day foragers live in marginal areas (they may not be living in the place where they were originally), modern societies are NOT relics of the past, there is interaction with non-foraging societies, WHICH modern day foragers?- their environments are all different.
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modern day foragers differ with respect to
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-what foods are collected
-importance of men's v. women's contributions to substinence
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(2)optimal foraging theory
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Primary Assumption: Natural selection favors adaptations that increase foraging efficiency- getting the most calories for the effort expended.
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the forager will take the encountered item when
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the return rate of encountered item is greater than average return rate for the environment
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(3)The Original Affluent Society
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Marshall Sahlins: "The Original Affluent Societies"
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people spent time spent leisuring and socializing because they did not have to fill up a surplus. there are two road to Affluence 1)produce a lot of everything 2) People want a little.
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economic system has norms governing what 3 things?
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production, consumption, allocation/distribution
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societies have what two rules for resources?
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1) access is usually not constrained in foraging societies. there's not private property.
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3 types of RECIPROCITY (mutual give and take, without use of money, among people of equal status)
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1) generalized 2)balanced 3) negative
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how do the Kung get their food?
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what is the Kung's sexual division of labor?
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"affluent"?
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how do the Kungs demonstrate generalized reciprocity?
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