Native Cultures Outline CSU, Chico本土文化大纲基社盟奇科.pptVIP

Native Cultures Outline Lecture I Elements of Culture The Cultural Ecological Paradigm “Culture is Man’s extrasomatic means of adaptation” – White 1951 Culture is shared, learned, integrated Culture is influenced by environment Subsistence Strategies Hunting and Gathering (Foraging) Relies on natural plants and animals in environment Small group size (20-50) Low population density (1/50 sq miles to 5/1 sq mile) Politically simple Bands or tribes, almost always egalitarian High mobility, usually seasonal Housing tipis, wigwams, wickiups Low amounts of wealth Baskets, bladders, skins (parfleches) Lack of food storage May be technologically simple or surprisingly complex Subsistence Strategies Pastoralism Relies on domesticated animals and sometimes crops Medium group size (up to several hundred) Low to medium population density Politically more complex Tribes or Chiefdoms, but generally egalitarian High mobility, often seasonal Housing like yurts or tipis, but can be semi-permanent Higher amounts of wealth due to draft animals Products from animal parts common Lack of food storage “on the hoof” May be technologically simple or surprisingly complex) Not seen in North America Ducks, Turkeys, Dogs, Cavies, Llamas only domesticates Subsistence Strategies Horticulture Relies on simple cultigens, usually local in origin Medium group size (several hundred people) Medium to high population density (50/1sq mile up) Politically and socially complex Tribes and Chiefdoms, but generally egalitarian High kin importance Sedentary Housing Longhouses, Pueblos, Daub and Wattle Higher amounts of wealth and status goods Pottery, farming and processing tools Pottery, baskets, or boxes for food storage Often technologically complex in arts and subsistence items Subsistence Strategies Agriculture Relies on more developed, often imported, cultigens High group size (hundreds to thousands of people) High population density (500/1sq mile up) Politically and socially complex Chiefdoms and