ANTH 210 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Polygamy, Transhumance, Digging Stick
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Domestication: pastoralist and horticulturalist modes of subsistence. Mobile following food sources through the seasons. Populations tend to be small- balanced in terms of availability of food and water. Core value of reciprocity especially the sharing of food. Relative equality in sharing of food reflects relative egalitarian society leadership from elders and from expert foragers. Band political organizations in which decisions achieved through consensus. Domestication as a response to the omnivore"s dilemma: overcoming defenses, defining food . Triggers (population pressure, environmental stress, choice): the chicken and egg question: a slow revolution thinking in terms of unintended consequences, co-evolution thinking about the reproductive interests of animals and plants. Scientists have recently argued that house cats self-domesticated . Intensification of domesticated food production correlate with: specialization of food production. Development of techniques focused on domesticated food. Less mobility: more food produced per unit of land. Poorer individual health because of denser populations. More food with the possibility of surpluses: food surpluses enable:
