Subject: Re: [permaculture] how many acres per human?
Date: Wed, 25 Feb 2009 17:22:29 -0500
I have never seen that figure.? However, check out Tending The Wild By M. Kat
Anderson.? Professor Anderson includes some figures on populations in
pre-contact times in California that may be a clue and the book has an
extensive bibliography that may point you in the right direction.? It is a
brilliant book on the land management techniques of California's first
people.? Her knowledge of the lifestyle of these people is profound.? I also
think you can't answer the question in terms of how?much land an individual
needed, the land required a community to both exploit and manage the land in
a sustainable way.?
The native peoples were doing a lot?to make sure that the land sustainably
and ensure that their were adequate quantities of animals and plants for
their needs..
Larry
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From: Marjory <forestgarden@gvtc.com>
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Subject: [permaculture] how many acres per human?
Hello Everyone,
I am wondering if anyone knows of research into how many acres of land
in a particular bio-region are needed to support a human in a hunter
gatherer type lifestyle. For example, how many acres would you need in
the Edwards Plateau country to support a human foraging on prickly pear,
rabbits, deer, etc. Chihuahua desert? Sierra Nevada Fir Forests?
Pacific NW Douglas Fir forests areas? NJ Pine Barrens? Eastern
Decidous Hickery/Oak? Anywhere the ecology has been fairly well defined.