ANTHROP 1AA3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: European Colonialism, Industrial Revolution, Sidney Mintz
20 Dec 2017
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Origins and development of agriculture and its significance. What did hominins eat and how do we know: size, structure and shape of teeth and jaws, stone tools - but only date to after 2. 5 mya, cut marks on animal bones - fur or food. Low rates of arthritis or cavities because of diet. All of our hominin ancestors were foragers until 10,000 ya. In the upper paleolithic (50 - 10,000 ya) Groups of foragers/h and g roamed around the earth: Small groups of up to 75 people. No long term, permanent villages or shelters. Fairly egalitarian/little conflict as no distinctions in status. 10,000 ya the mammoth and saber tooth tigers and creatures like that died off. Is a subsistence strategy - a primary means of getting food. Human efforts to modify the environment of plants and animals to increase their productivity and usefulness . Subsistence strategy focusing on intensive farming, investing a great deal of time, energy, and technology.
