Many hunter-gatherers consciously manipulate the landscape through cutting or burning undesirable plants while encouraging desirable ones, some even going to the extent of slash-and-burn to create habitat for game animals. These activities are on an entirely different scale to those associated with agriculture, but they are nevertheless domestication on some level. Today, almost all hunter-gatherers depend to some extent upon domesticated food sources either produced part-time or traded for products acquired in the wild. COUNT 5
QSN1 What do hunter-gathers intentionally manipulate? ANS1 the landscape QSN2 How do they manage the landscape? ANS2 cutting or burning undesirable plants QSN3 What technique do they use to make animal habitats? ANS3 slash-and-burn QSN4 What is the manipulation of the landscape associated with? ANS4 agriculture QSN5 What do modern hunter-gatherers depend on at least somewhat? ANS5 domesticated food