Hadza Essay Assignment
For this assignment, you will write a paper that is 5 Pages in length in a Word format document that answers the following questions:
Why do anthropologists believe that it is important to study hunter-gatherer or foraging societies and in particular why study The Hadza of Tanzania?
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What did Frank Marlowe’s study of the Hadza reveal about how they live, their social organization, and if any culture change has occurred because of the environmental impact and or changes. Remember, that environment refers to climate, flora, fauna, predators, parasites, competition for resources with one’s own species, i.e. potential marital/sexual mates food, water etc. In addition, environment encompasses cultural environments as in forager camps and interaction with inner cities.
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The Hadza of Tanzania
Hunter and gathering communities and their interaction with both the social and the natural environment have formed a significant aspect of the anthropological discourse. The main concerns are on the status of hunting and gathering communities and the manner in which these communities interrelated with other ethnicities. Emergent questions include whether their neighboring communities might have influenced their outstanding way of life. Apparently, there are many exaggerations and misinformation concerning the experience of hunting and gathering communities such as the Hadza (Marlowe, 2002). The Hadza, for instance, bear a history of contact with neighboring communities and are also found to interact with many non-foraging communities yet the Hadza maintained their lifestyles. Several explanations have emerged leading to ambiguities and disagreements on the nature of their migrations and how the communities developed over the years.
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