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Cultural Ecology (post Boas, pre 1960’s)

Cultural Ecology (post Boas, pre 1960’s). Jocelyn K Ballast. Cultural Ecology. Different cultures have similar features in their evolution And t hese features could be explained as parallel adaptations to similar natural environments. “Julian Steward”. Julian Steward. Coined the term

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Cultural Ecology (post Boas, pre 1960’s)

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  1. Cultural Ecology(post Boas, pre 1960’s) Jocelyn K Ballast

  2. Cultural Ecology Different cultures have similar features in their evolution And these features could be explained as parallel adaptations to similar natural environments “Julian Steward”

  3. Julian Steward • Coined the term • ‘cultural ecology’ • Relationship between culture and environment • “social system is determined by its environmental resources” (“Julian”). • Cross-cultural comparisons

  4. Multilinear Evolution

  5. Leslie White • Cultural Evolution • White’s Law: • “cultures evolve as the amount of energy they capture increases”

  6. George Peter Murdock • Human Relations Area Files (HRAF) • General principles of culture could be derived from cross-cultural analysis on a massive scale http://www.yale.edu/hraf/

  7. Works Cited “Julian Steward.” Minnesota State University Mankato. September 16, 2010. <http://www.mnsu.edu/emuseum/cultural/anthropology/Steward.html>. “Leslie White.” NNDB. Soylent Communications. September 16, 2010 <http://www.nndb.com/people/327/000099030/>. Nanda, Serena and Richard L. Warms. Cultural Anthropology, 10th Edition. Belmont, CA: Wadsworth, Cengage Learning (2011). Pinkoski, Marc. “Julian Steward, American Anthropology, and Colonialism.” Histories of Anthropology Annual v4: (2008). Project Muse. Web. September 16,2010.<http://muse.jhu.edu/journals/ histories_of_anthropology_annual/v004/4.pinkoski.html>. Images: http://g-ecx.images/amazon.com/

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