Horticultural Societies

HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY
 Domestication of plants and animals
 people subsist through the cultivation of plants for food consumption
without the use of mechanized tools or the use of animals to pull plows

First developed in the Middle East

 HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY
 Fruits and vegetables in garden plots provide the main source of
food
 Culturalists use human labor and simple tools
 Builds permanent or semi-permanent village
 HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY
 Specialized roles that are part of this society are
 Craftspeople
 Shaman or religious leaders
 traders

 Economic and political system may be stronger

 TOOLS USED
 both simple and more advanced forms of cultivation
 Simple tools such as:
 axes (to clear forest)
 wooden sticks
 metal spades for digging
 Sickle

More advanced forms may use

 foot-plows and manure
terracing and irrigation
 COMPARISON
FORAGING SOCIETY PASTORAL SOCIETY HORTICULTURAL
SOCIETY
 EXAMPLES
 Horticultural societies exist to this day and can be found primarily in wet,
tropical climates in Southeast Asia, South America, and Africa.

Sangil inhabit the islands of Balut and Sarangani

MANOBO TRIBE

Mamanwa Tribe