lifeways
Lifeways are the patterned ways in which a group lives, including the routines, practices, and resources that shape daily existence. The concept emphasizes how people organize subsistence, housing, family, work, social relations, religion, language, technology, and knowledge in particular environments and historical moments. Lifeways are dynamic and can change in response to ecological, economic, or cultural pressures.
Subsistence strategies—foraging, horticulture, pastoralism, intensive agriculture, fishing—often anchor lifeways, but adjacent domains such as kinship, political
Anthropologists and archaeologists study lifeways through ethnography, participant observation, comparative analysis, and the interpretation of material