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| a subsistence strategy involving the foraging of wild, naturally occurring foods. |
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| subsistence strategy based on the maintenance and use of large herds of animals |
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| a subsistence strategy involving intensive farming of permanent fields through the use of such means as the plow, irrigation and fertilizer |
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| a kind of subsistence strategy involving semi-intensive, usually shifting, agricultural practices. Slash-and-burn farming is a common example of horticulture |
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| slash-and-burn agriculture (swidden) |
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| a form of horticulture in which wild land is cleared and burned over, farmed, then permitted to lie fallow and revert to its wild state |
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| Reasons for shifting to agriculture (Two Theories) |
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You can store food for prolonged periods of time
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| Reasons for shifting to market economy |
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to form alliance, more power over the area
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