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- From: claird@NeoSoft.com (Cameron Laird)
- Subject: Fluvial paradise (was: Which Came First, Agriculture or Pastorialism?)
- Organization: NeoSoft Communications Services -- (713) 684-5900
- Date: Mon, 28 Dec 1992 13:22:59 GMT
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- References: <BzFqIG.HnM@NeoSoft.com> <1992Dec22.231740.5610@samba.oit.unc.edu> <BzwMCH.FIt@well.sf.ca.us>
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- In article <BzwMCH.FIt@well.sf.ca.us> dchapman@well.sf.ca.us (Dave Chapman) writes:
- >First, I would like to thank everyone who responded to my
- >original post. The score so far seems like:
- .
- .
- .
- >It is likely that the upper paleolithic cultures had distinct sub-cultures,
- >based on food sources. Groups which hunted migratory animals probably
- >lived like migratory indians of the North American plains. Groups which
- >relied on fish, shellfish, or very fertile land were more settled.
- >When the neolithic began, these existing cultural variations would
- >be amplified.
- >
- >dave
- Those speculating on cultural evolution do well to
- remember, as Mr. Chapman reminds us, that we need
- more categories than the hunting-gathering vs.
- agricultural vs. pastoral scheme into which it's
- easy to lapse. In particular, indigenous economies
- based on harvesting aquatic resources are quite
- interesting.
- --
-
- Cameron Laird
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