Chapter 10, 11, 14 Flashcards
Different modes of production
pastoralism, horticulture, and agriculture
Different modes of exchange
reciprocity, redistribution, and market exchange
Commodity exchange
goods subject to market exchange
Gift exchanges/importance of gift exchange
develop/maintain a social relationship
Ways of getting food in food foraging
farming and animal domestication, division of labor, food sharing
5 modes of subsistence
food foraging, pastoralism, horticulture, agriculture, industrialism
Activities associated with Food Foraging
farming, animal domestication, hunting, food sharing, small groups, farming, and domestication of animals
activities associated with pastoralism
domestication/herding of animals, nomadic/transhumant lifestyle, a larger range of land
Ways subsistence systems are linked to expectations about land tenure + access to resources
people in agriculture get their land passed down to them from generations before. they don’t own the land but have the right to use land.
social/economic characteristics associated w/ agricultre
dependent on peasantry, supplies to the urban areas, inequalities, territorial, land tenure systems.
benefits/drawbacks of agricultural subsistence systems
labor-intensive, risky, and you don’t own the land you work on.
land tenure
you don’t own the land, it’s passed down through generation but no real ownership
activities associated horticulture
growth and regrowth of forests (common in tropical areas), splash and burn techniques (rotations), cultivate in small plots
activities associated agriculture
land permanently cultivated, plow animals, selective livestock, labor-intensive
activities associated with industrialism
intensively mechanized farming, factory farms, and plantations,
ways of getting food in horticulture
commodity chains, cultivating crops, domesticating animals
ways of getting food in agriculture
planting/cultivating crops, domesticating animals
ways of getting food in industrialism
ways of getting food in pastoralism