ANT 1101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Digging Stick, Ovulation, Pastoralism
26 Sep 2016
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Adaptations to particular environments: affects settlement patterns, social organization and other institutions (marriage, kindship, etc. , does not determine the social outcomes. Foraging (they obtain their food from wild plants in animals; no agriculture, no livestock, etc. ) Rely on human energy (there is not much other forms of energy used not relying on cattle to pull them, etc. ) Simple self-made technologies (ex. digging stick, a piece of leather where the items are put into) Density of social relations (the closer the relationships, the more possibility of conflict: factors regulating population c. i. Nursing practices (nursing helps suppress ovulation helps keep population densities down) c. ii. Physical activity/body fat (women who have little body fat and are more active, their cycles become more irregular and it becomes more difficult to become pregnant: group mobility, ex. characteristic of dobe region a. i. Dry/scarcity smaller/shorter settlements: prevents over-exploitation and degradation, fluid social groups, movement of individuals among groups a. i.
