Hunters, Gatherers, Fishers, Gardeners
ANTH 250
Spring 2008 not offered
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ARCP 250 |
Almost all humans today derive their sustenance, directly or indirectly, from agriculture, but for more than 90 percent of the existence of Homo sapiens, people subsisted by hunting and gathering, fishing, and gardening. We tend to think of hunter/gatherers as living like the "Bushmen" of the Kalahari of southern Africa, Australian Aborigines, or the Inuit of the Canadian Arctic. Ethnographic accounts of these and other peoples give us some insight into the hunter/gatherer way of life, but they describe populations existing in marginal environments. The hunter/gatherer/fisher/gardeners of the Upper Paleolithic and Mesolithic periods of prehistory inhabited environmentally rich river valleys, lakeshores, and coastal areas in temperate and tropical climates. They were characterized by higher population densities, more productive economies, greater intensity of material production, and more complex regional social interaction. Using primarily archaeological sources, supplemented by ethnographic descriptions, the course will explore this "lost" period of human existence. |
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Essential Capabilities:
None |
| Credit: 1 |
Gen Ed Area Dept:
SBS ANTH |
| Course Format: Lecture / Discussion | Grading Mode: Graded |
| Level: UGRD |
Prerequisites: None |
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Fulfills a Requirement for: (ARCP)(ENVS) |
Major Readings:
Kelly, THE FORAGING SPECTRUM: DIVERSITY IN HUNTER-GATHERER LIFEWAYS
Price and Brown, PREHISTORIC HUNTER-GATHERERS: THE EMERGENCE OF CULTURAL COMPLEXITY
Thomas, THE HARMLESS PEOPLE
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Examinations and Assignments:
Three essays, plus a final paper. |
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