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840: 895:"Subsistence" is understood as supporting oneself and family at a minimum level. Basic subsistence is the provision of food, clothing, shelter. A subsistence economy is an economy directed to one's subsistence rather than to the market. Often, the subsistence economy is 1200:'Subsistence agriculture' in: Alan Barnard and Jonathan Spencer, eds. (1996) Encyclopedia of Social and Cultural Anthropology, London and New York: Routledge, p.624. 1071:— a widely studied ritual in which sponsors (helped by their entourages) gave away resources and manufactured wealth while generating prestige for themselves. 1382:
F. Berkes , P. J. George, R. J. Preston, A. Hughes, J. Turner, B. D. Cummins; George, P. J.; Preston, R. J.; Hughes, A.; Turner, J.; Cummins, B. D. (1994).
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The subsistence system is maintained through sharing, feasting, ritual observance and associated norms. Harvesting is an important indicator of
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spread, various societies moved to other economic systems at various times. Some remain relatively unchanged, ranging from
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is an economy directed to basic subsistence, the provision of food, clothing, shelter rather than to the market.
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Marshall Sahlins (1972) Stone Age Economics, Chicago and New York: Aldine-Atherton, passim e.g. pp.17,34,42,50.
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and relies on natural resources to provide for basic needs through hunting, gathering, and
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society, subsisting on the produce of a separate host society:
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agriculture — non-nomadic pastoralism with a defined territory.
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Index

Subsistence
Subsistence (disambiguation)
a series
Economic systems
Capitalism
Socialism
Communism
Associative
Capitalist
Corporate
Democratic
Laissez-faire
Mercantilist
Neoliberal
Neomercantilist
Protectionist
Social market
Welfare
Democratic
Fascist
Feminist
Georgist
Green
Buddhist economics
Christian
Sabbath economics
Islamic
Socialist
Communalist
Communist

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