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Hunters and gatherers
p. 163-170
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Anthropology
Undergraduate 1
03/31/2010

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Adaptive strategy
Definition
means of making a living
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Band
Definition
basic social unit among foragers, less than 100
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Horticulture
Definition
Nonindustrial plant cultivation with fallowing
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Cohen's three adaptive strategies based on food production in nonindustrial societies
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Horticulture, agriculture, pastoralism
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Agriculture
Definition
cultivation using land and l abor continuously and extensively
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Agriculturalists employ ______, _________, _____.
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Domesticated animals, irrigation, terracing
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Cultivation continuum
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contimuum of land and labor use
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Pastorialists
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herders of domesticated animals
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Mode of production
Definition
specific set of social relations that organizes labor
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Economizing
Definition
allocation of scarce means among alternative ends
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