Lecture 1: Intro & Foraging Flashcards
What are the two studies between plants and people?
Economic Botany
Ethnobotany
True or False: Ethnobotany is plants used for a particular purpose (utilitarian) and economic botany is cultural
False, vice versa
____ is topics revolving around pragmatic uses of plants
UTILITARIAN
_____ is the topics connected to ethnology and anthropology
Cultural
The first humanoid species appeared _______.
2.8 million y.a.
Homo sapiens’ “age” = are _______ years old
250,000
What is the lifestyle of foraging societies?
ore or less nomadic following temporary resource availability (no stable human settlements; no agriculture)
True or False: Often in hunting-gathering societies men hunt and women gather
True, but not always and the labor division is not as clear-cut as previously thought.
True or False: that these people were/are ignorant and with a limited knowledge of plants and their environment..
False, a general the characteristic of foraging societies was/is the perfect botanical and ecological knowledge of their geographical area.
Why is foraging societies knowledge lost?
because foraging societies did not use writing.
True or False: the food supply was extremely laborious to gather, and the food sources precarious.
False, they had work schedules
True or False: They had a great diet.
True, 2,355 Kca/day rich in proteins, minerals and vitamins
_____ is the pre-agriculture use of plants and land.
Forest ‘gardening’
Where did forest gardens originate?
originated along jungle-clad river banks and in wet foothills and valleys.
True or False: because the anthropogenic influences were minimal, forest gardens are more resilient than agroecosystems from an ecological point of view
True
