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- Mainstay means the main support - the thing everything else depends on.
Subsistence
just enough to survive
Economy
how people make a living
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Subsistence economy = Producing only what you need to live
- The mainstay of their subsistence economy was fishing .
Why fishing:
- The warmer climate gave them rivers, lakes and seas full of fish.
- Their microlithic tools made it easy to catch water food .
- That means food from the sea and from rivers and lakes .
