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Anthropology Ch 5

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Subsistence systems the set of practices used by members of a society to acquire food
Foodways the cultural norms and attitudes surrounding food and eating
Carrying capacity number of people (or other living organisms) that an area can support without environmental degradation
Modes of subsistence Foraging, pastoralism, horticulture, agriculture
Foraging Relies on wild plant and animal food resources already available in the environment
Pastoralism Relies on herds of domesticated livestock
Animal domestication process in which wild animals are transformed into work, food, or companion animals for humans though artificial selection
Horticulture Relies on small gardens that move periodically
Shifting cultivation Shifting fields every 2-7 years to maintain productivity
Slash and burn Cut down vegetation and burn to release nutrients faster
Multicropping growing two or more crops on the same piece of land within a single growing season or year
Intercropping growing one crop among others of a different kind.
Agriculture Cultivation of domesticated plants and animals using technologies such as irrigation, draft animals, mechanization, and chemical inputs
1st agricultural revolution humans began to influence food availability
Incipient agriculture cultivation of wild plants
Plant domestication process in which wild plants are transformed into agricultural and horticultural plants through artificial selection
Farming communities Rice, wheat, and corn were among the first plants domesticated
Global agricultural system Enough food production exists to feed all the people on the planet, but unequally distributed
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