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PLP2000 Lecture 14
Hunting and Gathering to the Advent of Agriculture
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07/20/2011

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4 levels of society
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Band, Tribe, Chiefdom and State
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Band: People, Relationships, Bureaucracy, Settlement type.
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People - Dozens
Relationships - kin
Bureaucracy - none
Settlement type - nomadic
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Tribe: People, Relationships, Bureaucracy, Settlement type.
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People - Hundreds
Relationships - kin based clans
Bureaucracy - none
Settlement type - fixed, 1 village
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Chiefdom: People, Relationships, Bureaucracy, Settlement type.
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People - thousands
Relationships - class and residence
Bureaucracy - 0, 1, or 2 levels
Settlement type - fixed >1 village
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Cities: People, Relationships, Bureaucracy, Settlement type.
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People - over 50,000
Relationships - class and residence
Bureaucracy - many levels
Settlement type - fixed, multiple cities and village
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Hunting and Gathering is normally found in what levels of society?
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Band and Tribes because low population density
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Does hunting/gathering or agriculture use less time and energy?
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Hunting and Gathering
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Ethnobiological Information
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Information about their resources.
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Was there very much specialization in Hunting/Gathering societies?
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No, because everyone can gather food.
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How was knowledge transferred in these early societies?
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Orally, because there was no form of written language.
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What is Selective Gathering?
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It is when humans select only the most desirable of foods. As this goes on, those desirable foods become more abundant due to the dispersal of seeds.
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