Theoretical Frameworks
Resource use and associated cultural behavior patterns
Cultural Ecology
You can tell what the fishing conditions will be by observing the color of the water
Jalari
Hunting for wild game and plants to consume
Foraging
Groups here utilized slash and burn, swidden farming, and small-scale agricultural practices in densely wooded areas
Humid tropics
Why were the Cuban home gardens originally started
Sense of community, extra rations during wartime
Views from within the culture
Emic views
Use small plots of farmland in different areas to ensure some growth happens
Pueblo
Owning groups of animals and moving from place to place with them
Hearding
Most commonly home to pastoral communities with little to no farming
Arid
This Russian indigenous group has an ongoing feud with the Russian government over bears
Khanty
Power relationships within or effecting the culture
Political Ecology
You use water levels and the life cycle of grasses to distinguish between many seasons throughout the year
Northern Australia aboriginal groups
Small-scale farming practices, gardens
Horticulture
Tents made from animal skins and long journeys across harsh flat terrain
Actic
In this community, it is believed that all water used on farms must come from the central shrine of their goddess
Balinese rice farmers
Cultural adaptations to an environment
Ecological Anthropology
Foragers and pastoralists that are known for their consumption and accidental re-planting of a specific tuber plant
Baka
Large-scale farming projects
Agriculture
Fishing is an integral part of the way of life in these areas
Aquatic/watery
What group has the ability to cultivate and manipulate the spawning of fish
Tlingit
Localized, deep-time, anthropogenic history
Historical Ecology
Your parents owned a plot of land on a terrace and now it is being passed down to you since you are the firstborn son and must now follow a strict planting and watering order set by the campo
Huaynacotas
The theory that organisms have evolved to be as efficient as possible when foraging
Optimal Foraging Theory
Low oxygen, agropastoralism
Highlands
Which group that we studied was a newly given name for a mix of around three to four different cultures
Khomani