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Culture: Tehuanos
- Location: Isthmus of Tehuantepec
- (Mexico)
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Culture: Zapotec of Juchitan
- Location: within Isthmus of Tehuantepec
- near Oaxaca
- (Mexico)
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Culture: Inuit
- Location: Nunavut
- (Canadian Territory)
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Culture: Salasaca
- Location: Ecuadorian Andes - Ecuador
- (South America)
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Culture: Machiguenga
- Location: Peruvian tropical forest, Peru
- (South America)
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Culture: Tanna
- Location: Vanuatu - South Pacific
- (between Australia and New Zealand)
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Culture: Ju/'hoansi
- Location: Kalahari Desert, Botswana
- (South Africa)
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Culture: Hadza
- Location: Tanzania
- (East Africa)
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Culture: Palau
- Location: Island of Palau, Micronesia
- (Between New Guinea and Asia)
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Subsistence
A pattern by which a culture gets its primary food resources
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4 Basic Subsidence Patterns
- Hunting and Gathering
- Pastoralism
- Horticulture
- Agriculture
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Hunting and Gathering
- Original subsistence pattern of humans
- A method of getting your food by hunting wild animals and gathering wild plants
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Characteristics of most Hunters and Gatherers
- Technologically simple material culture
- Limited amount of material culture
- Nomadic
- Live in small social groups - bands
- Live at low population densities
- Well nourished
- Get more food from plants than from animals
- Women provide most of the food
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Validator
The main/primary food that must be present to make the meal satisfying and complete.
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Meal Validator - United States
- Meat
- primarily beef, chicken, or pork
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Meal Validator - Coastal Ecuador
- Rice
- Arroz con pollo - rice with chicken
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Meal Validator - Ecuadorian Andes
- Potato
- Dry as seco
- Wet as a soup or locro
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Kosher
- A body of Jewish laws on food prohibitions
- Rules laid out in the Torah
- Derived from Hebrew "Kushrut" -fit, proper, correct
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Basic Rules of Kosher
- "Beasts of the Earth" must have cloven hooves and chew its cud
- "Things of Water" must have fins and scales
- "Birds" must not be predators or scavengers
- Rodents, reptiles, and amphibians are prohibited
- Forbidden to consume blood
- Prohibited to eat certain nerves and fats
- Must be properly butchered
- Meat and dairy can not be eaten together
- Seperate serving and eating vessels and utensils
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Muslim Food Taboos
- Halah (lawful)
- Haraam (unlawful)
- Pork is prohibited
- Meat not killed by humans is prohibited
- Animals must be killed by a Muslim, Jew, or Christian
- Animal must be killed facing Meccah
- Throat must be slit, proper prayer made to Allah
- Can not eat predatory animals
- Can not eat a donkey
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