ANTH-2010 Lecture Notes - Lecture 13: Spirit Possession, Shifting Cultivation, Industrial Revolution
2 Nov 2017
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Economy - system for the production, distribution, and consumption of resources. Assuming that production is arranged to maximize profits according to the principles of rationality and. Using mathematical models to study human behavior efficiency. How do anthropologists study economy? by the . Holistic - the economic form of a society is decided by a variety of . Marshall salas saw that humans didnt eat dogs and horses because they are closer in relation to. Comparative - study different types of economies across the world. Relative - many assumptions of modern economic models may not apply in non-western societies. A typology developed by yehudi cohen (1974: foraging, horticulture, agriculture, pastoralism. Searching for wild food resources / hunting-gathering. The key feature of foraging economies is the reliance on available natural resources for subsistence, rather than controlling plant and animal reproduction. Foraging has survived mainly in environments that posed major obstacles to food production.
