Tests back, add one point to scantron (one question thrown out) (41?)
lots of people unhappy with multiple choice grades/questions
looking at contemporary communities with Anth tools
Food Foraging/ Hunting-Gathering
- less than 1%, none exclusive
- oldest form of subsistence
- up until about 10K YBP
- mobility: annual cycles determine habitual movement based on plant, animal, water availability
- 1500-1800 miles/year walking
- limited material possesions, portable simple tool kits w/ !!multiple usage !!
- show and tell: throwing stick (non-returning) 100 yrds, deadly accuracy, stuns animal for kill
- show and tell: pitchy? dug/burn out digging tool, plate, mortar, vessel, shield, cradle
- show and tell: carrying bag: macrame (knot-tying) from vine or inner tree bark, nets, shelter base, blanket base
- show and tell: bark cloth (mulberry) swatch
- show and tell: thumb piano (metal strips)
- in-depth knowledge of territory and environment
- the band: marriage and blood ties (10 - 24 - 50)
- very intricate social systems
- non-literate, oral tradition
- myths used to keep history and geography in circulation
- myths included geneology, tips and reminders on bark and hide
- values: generosity, reciprocity, equality
- reciprocity:time-honored tradition of sharing what we have when we have it
- egalitarianism: resources are shared, possessions are handmade or found, support of others is required for survival
- headman: no authority, leads by example, can be deserted by community
- government by discussion and consensus
- animism: offerings made to hunted animal, tree to be felled
- rituals to grow clan totem
- p 120 in CP: main areas of culture to examine
- world view
- eg: Mbuti, Australian Aborigines
standing orders: watch and listen take notes at breaks
Central Africa: Mbuti
- brief intro in CP p 125
- neurotoxin baked into arrows, cooks out of monkees
- small game caught with vine woven nets
- women: gather, cook, nurse, build
- men hunt, either with nets or with bow
- fire is transported from site to site (no flint)
- high infant mortality: 1/5 dies
- malnutrition -> immune deficency
review Eating Christmas in Kalahari and Eskimo Science
read material in CP on tribes (4 or 5 pp)
move articles on tribes to Monday, so three articles for Monday