ANT 101 Intro to Anthropology Subsistence (7 Pages 1855 Words)

Subsistence patterns developed as societies advanced, each type of subsistence pattern, food foraging, pastoralism, horticulture and agriculture, are representative of a particular cultures means of adapting to their natural resources and habitats. As each pattern developed, gender roles were delineated and labor was divided. The first type of subsistence pattern to review is food foraging, defined as hunting, fishing, and gathering wild plant foods. (Haviland, Prins, McBride, & Walrath, 2011, p. 166) This type of subsistence pattern is found in less than .005% of the worlds population. It is only found in remote areas such as deserts, dense forests and the Arctic Tundra.(Haviland, Prins, McBride, &...