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Subsistence Strategies
Anth&100 Topic 4
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Anthropology
12th Grade
01/02/2013

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Agriculture
Definition
A form of food production that requies intensive working of the land with plows and draft animals and the use of techniques of soil and water control.
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Netslik
Definition
  • Live in one of the most inhabitable regions of the world.
  • Live in delicate balance with the enviroment.
  • Number of strategies to deal with their environemnt.
  • Under constant ecological pressure
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Horticulture
Definition
  • Simplest form of farming 
  • Uses basic hand tools
  • Generally absent; plows, animal power, irrigation, fertilizers.
  • Relatively low crop yields
  • Often practice mixed strategies
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!Kung
Definition
  • Totally dependent on H&G 
  • Strong division of labor
  • Most important food item: Mongongo nut
  • Demographics not that different from industrialized societies 
  • Almost never face starvation
  • Relatively low investment of energy ( 12-19 hours a week)
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Pastoralism
Definition
  • Generally found in regions unsuited for agriculture
  • Not a single unified food-getting strategy
  • Wide variation in ways animals are herded
  • Pure pastoralism either rare or nonexistent
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Carrying Capacity
Definition
Theoreical limit to which a population may grow and maintain itself without deleterious effects on its environment. (How much for you can get is based on how much energy you put into it)
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Neolithic Revolution
Definition
The profound culture change beginning about 10,000 years ago associated with the early domestication of plants and animals and settlement in permanent villages; sometimes referred to as the Neolithic transition.
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