ended family members. Hunter-gathers follow an egalitarian life style with a division of labor between men and women. Men provide the tribe with meat while the women care for the children cook and gather.
Horticulturists live in semi-sedentary villages of 50-500 individuals as horticulture can support a higher concentration of persons(Barger, 2000, pA104). The villages move to a different location when the soil is exhausted. A unique trait among Horticulturists is the practice of polygyny in order to provide adequate help in the tilling and working of gardens(Barger, 2000, pA104). As shown in the Yanomamo who have up to ten wives which is an issue of great conflict as there are a shortage of women(Chagnon. 7). The villages are made up of extended families and multi-kinship groups which accounts for the larger size.
Pastoralists live in large groups of 50 to 1000 individuals as there is no limit to the amount of people that can be provided for as is it with the other two subsistence. There are two types of Pastoralists: Transhumance and true nomadism(Barger, 2000, p. A104). Transhumance is a form of nomadism which follows the seasons in order to find better grazing for their flocks and usually co
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