The nature of subsistence systems antedating or alternative to modern commercial systems. Introductory survey with basic readings; focus on problems such as the development of complex cultures without agriculture, the ambiguity of hunting and gathering, agricultural and other intensification, orchestration of the use of adjacent microenvironments. Of interest to students of archaeology, anthropology and cultural geography.
The nature of subsistence systems antedating or alternative to modern commercial systems. Introductory survey with basic readings; focus on problems such as the development of complex cultures without agriculture, the ambiguity of hunting and gathering, agricultural and other intensification, orchestration of the use of adjacent microenvironments. Of interest to students of archaeology, anthropology and cultural geography.