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    The Evolutionary-Ecological Model Continued

    Horticulture as a Subsistence Strategy
    Features Associated with Horticultural Lifeways
      Extensive technology
      Sedentary lifestyle
      Larger groups and kinship structures
      Property and Ownership
      Poorer nutrition
      Higher energy budget
      Economic production generalists
      Division of labor
      Distribution of goods
    Pastoralism as a Subsistence Strategy
    Features Associated with Pastoral Lifeways
      Production based on sophisticated technology
      Nomadic lifestyle
        Nomadic pastoralism
        Transhumance
      Large populations
      Property Ownership
      Improved nutrition
      High energy budget
      Kinship and division of labor
      Distribution of goods
    Horticulturalists and Pastoralists Today

    Agriculture as a Subsistence Strategy
    Features Associated with Intensive Agricultural Lifeways
      Production based on more Levels of technology
      Sedentary lifestyle
      Stratified societies
      Property ownership
      Poor-quality nutrition
      Lower energy budget
      Economic production specialists
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      Division of labor
      Systems of Distribution
        Redistribution
        Market exchange
      Agriculture and Globalization
    Summary
    Study Questions
    Suggested Readings







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