Subsistence Week outline

Here's an outline for the lectures I'll be giving in class this week.

Subsistence Week lecture

I. Cultural ecological approach revisited

• Cultural adaptation
• Ecosystems

II. Cultural Evolution

• Cultural evolution (vs. progress / improvement)
• Convergent vs. parallel
• Culture areas

III. Modes of Subsistence

• Foraging
• Horticulture
• Agriculture
• Pastoralism
• Intensive Agriculture / Urbanization

Theoretical Approaches

In addition to the materials in your book, my lectures, and my Powerpoint presentation, you may wish to review the very fine Anthropological Theories guide to get information that will help you with your projects.

If you have any preferred links of your own, feel free to share them in the comments section.

-Pat

First Post

Here's the first post in what I hope will be a semi-steady stream of comments, observations, etc. that are at least somewhat relevant to the issues we discuss in class. You'll note to the right that there's a sidebar with "Important Links" to critical documents. I'll add another soon, I think, to include chapter handouts and other things.