ANTH 102 Chapter Notes - Chapter 11: Infant Mortality, Neocolonialism, Ecological Footprint
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Economy: a cultural adaptation to the environment that enables a group of humans to use the available resources to satisfy their needs and to thrive. Yehudi cohen: refers to an economy as trading back and forth. Suggests 5 primary adaptive strategies that developed at different times and places. From foraging to industrial agriculture: a brief survey of food production. We all used to be food foragers. Modern food foragers live in random ass places, cold places forests, islands. Cohen said that that pastoralism, horticulture, agriculture are key for producing food in nonindustrial societies. Pastoralism: strategy for food production involving the domestication of animals. Horticulture: cultivation of plants for sustenance through a non intensive use of land and labor. Kinda like mom and pop style of growing plants. Agriculture: intensive farming strategy for food production involving permanently cultivated land. Uses a lot of shit like irrigation, machinery, fertilizer. Intensive agriculture led to social stratification, like wealthy landowners.
