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| subdiscipline of anthropology that focuses on subsistenc strategies and economic systems |
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| methods of obtaining food using available land and resources, available labor and energy, and technology |
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| peoples whose subsistence pattern is hunting and gathering |
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| users of a subsistence strategy that transforms and manages the environment in order to obtain food |
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| subsistence strategy focusing on raising and caring for large herds of domesticated animals |
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| a subsistence strategy that focuses on small-scale farming using a relatively simple technology |
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| subsistence strategy focusing on intensive farming, investing a great deal of time, energy, and technology |
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| the number of people who can be sustained by the resources and environment in which they live |
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| the way people distribute themselves in their environment, including where they locate their dwellings, how they group dwellings, and how permanent or transitory those settlements are |
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| principles of mutual gift giving |
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| gathering together and then reallocation of food and resources to ensure everyone's survival |
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| cultural practice designed to equalize access to food, resources and social prestige through a community so that no one individual can amass greater wealth or greater prestige than other people. |
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| people who do not have permanent homes but travel to sources of food as the food becomes seasonably available |
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| application of animal studies and decision theory to human foraging |
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| food and other goods that are produced at a level greater than that needed for survival |
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| settlement pattern involving long-term, permanent settlements |
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| slash and burn cultivation |
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| a farming technique for preparing new fields by cutting down trees and bushes in order to clear the land and enrich the soil with nutrients |
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