ANTHR 114 Chapter 5: Making a Living

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ANTHR 114 Chapter 5: Making a Living
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agriculture a form of food production in which fields are in permanent cultivation using plows, animas, and techniques of soil and water control.
efficiency yield per person per hour of labor
foraging (hunting and gathering) a food-getting strategy that does not involve food production of domestication of animals and that involves no conscious effort to alter the enviroment.
globalization the integration of resources, labor, and capital into a global network
horticulture production of plants using a simple non mechanized technology; fields are not used continuously
industrialism a system of production dependent on investments in machinery, technology, communication, and information. Industrial agriculture is patterened after manufacturing.
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