Winterhalder & Goland Domestication Scenario
PD Density* |
PD Rank* |
Resource Utilization |
Human Population Response |
High |
Low |
PD dominates diet |
Large population increase |
Hi-rank prey depletion |
High risk |
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Broad diet breadth |
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High |
High |
PD dominates diet |
Large population increase |
No resource depletion |
Intermediate risk |
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Narrow diet breadth |
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Low |
Low |
PD minor part of diet |
Little population increase |
Little resource depletion |
Low risk |
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Broad diet breadth |
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Low |
High |
PD minor part of diet |
Little population increase |
Little resource depletion |
Low risk |
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Broad diet breadth |
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* "PD" = proto-domesticate (i.e., a plant or animal species that is in the process of being domesticated); "density" refers to abundance on the landscape; "rank" refers to post-encounter return rate (net return per unit handling time), as specified in the prey choice model
Sources:
Winterhalder, Bruce and Carol Goland (1993) On population, foraging efficiency, and plant domestication. Current Anthropology 34:710-715.
Winterhalder, Bruce and Carol Goland. (1997) An evolutionary ecology perspective on diet choice, risk, and plant domestication. In Kristen J. Gremillian, ed. Peoples, plants, and landscapes: studies in paleoethnobotany. Tuscaloosa, AL: U. of Alabama Press.