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| measn of making a living; productive system |
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| basic social unit among foragers; fewer than 100 people; may split seasonally |
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| association; when one variable changes, another does, too |
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| nonindustrial plant cultivation with fallowing |
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| cultivation using land and labor continuously and intensively |
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| continuum of land and labor use |
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| herders of domesticated animals |
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| annual movement of entire pastoral group with herds |
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| system in which only part of population moves seasonally with herds |
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| system f resource production, distribution, and consumption |
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| specific set of social relations that organizes labor |
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| Means (or factors) of Production |
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| major productive resources, e.g., land, labor, technology, capital |
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| small-scale farmer with rent fund obligations |
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| allocation of scarce means among alternative ends |
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| buying, selling, and valuation based on supply and demand |
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| principle governing exchanges among social equals |
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| flow of goods into center, then back out; characteristic of chiefdoms |
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| a continuum running from generalized reciprocity (closely related/deferred return) to negative reciprocity (strangers/immediate return) |
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| exchagnes among closely related individuals |
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| midpoint on reciprocity continuum, between generalized and negative reciprocity |
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| potentially hostile exchanges among strangers |
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| competitive feast on North Pacific coast of North America |
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