Anthropology › Section R · Humans and animals › Topic R.2
Animals and subsistence
For hunters and herders, animals are not just food on the hoof: they are partners, adversaries and sometimes persons. How people make a living from animals shapes how they think about them, and the contrast between a hunter's prey and a herder's flock is one of the clearest in anthropology.
In this topic
- Making a living with animals
- An ancient partnership
- Hunters and their prey
- Becoming the elk
- Worked example: Grateful Prey
- Tamed is not domesticated
- Herders and their flocks
- Reindeer: hunted and herded
- Worked example: hunting, taming or herding?
- Common mistakes to avoid
- Key takeaways
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