EXTENSIVE SUBSISTENCE SYSTEMS:

HUNTING/GATHERING (FORAGERS)

*HORTICULTURE*

PASTORALISM

INTENSIVE SYSTEMS

AGRICULTURE

INDUSTRIALIZATION

GLOBALIZATION

 

HORTICULTURE---CULTIVATION OF PLANTS, USING ONLY HUMAN LABOR (NO ANIMAL LABOR) NO IRRIGATION, OR MACHINERY; NO INTENTIONAL USE OF FERTILIZER

DEPEND ON NATURE

TECHNIQUES:

SLASH - AND - BURN

SLASH - AND - ROT

MULTICROPPING

SHIFTING CULTIVATION

WHY ABANDON?

SOIL EXHAUSTION
WEED INCURSION

GROUPS:

LOWLAND QUICHUA (KICHWA): ECUADOR

YANOMAMI: VENEZUELA AND BRAZIL

SHUAR (not JIVARO): ECUADOR

HUAORANI (NOT AUCA): ECUADOR

NEWS

VIDEO:Warriors of the Amazon (Nova) 1996

YANOMAMI

SHABANO

ENDOCANNIBALISM

HUNTED ANIMAL = TAPIR