most of the tribes these days and i'm thinking of Amazonian tribes are nothing more than extended family groups, after all blood is thicker than water and if you cant trust your family who can you trust??
I did say "extended family", that means bringing in brides and grooms from other tribes.
inbreeding could be a problem post SHTF if the survivor numbers are low.
not that I will be doing any of this breeding myself!
While a tribe as a whole might be quite large it is often composed of smaller family groups or villages, each large enough to function independently but part of a larger gene pool and trading group, able to band together for mutual defence if necessary. Each individual contributes in the way that he or she is best able though in most cultures men hunt while women gather or farm.
that is a fallacy, that's what TPTB want you to think so you'll go to them for your survival and be put up in a concentration camp, err sorry, a "rescue centre"!!
well good luck with that one...
I intend to stay where I an initially, I'm part way up a hill tucked into a depression in a hillside, it's a good defensive position that isn't particularly well known, people who've lived in the area their whole lives don't realise it's here. As for water, we already capture rainwater and store it in IBCs for supplying water to the paddocks, garden and toilets. We have a great many springs in the hills surrounding us but none mapped on our hill. Although I do ferret, trap and shoot I'm more of a farmer and gardener. I have been improving the forage in my area by adding hazel, beech, apples, greenguages, damsons and plums to the hedges. I grow figs, strawberries, black grapes, heritage cucumbers and tomatoes in my greenhouse while outside in the garden I grow seasonal vegetables. Travel without a vehicle in my area would be difficult at first becoming harder as the roads fell into disrepair but as I said earlier I would definitely want to head to the coast for part of the year, (probably by bicycle) where I would set up gill nets and long lines to fish intensively. Cold smoking any catch would allow me to preserve a good amount of protein. Im reasonably good at foraging cockles, limpets, razor shells etc. I'm very into kayaking and I'm comfortable on open water. I think cashing a kayak with some goods inside it would be possible at one of my secondary bug out sites but I haven't done so yet because I don't have a spare.
Or indeed trade and social events where young people can meet each other with a view to marriage ...I think this would be necessary for long term species survival.
Beautiful.