ANTHROP 1AA3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 17: Pistachio, Llama, Fertile Crescent
22 Mar 2018
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What did hominins eat and how do we know? (p. 399-403) Size, structure, and shape of teeth and jaws: dental microware, different types of foods will leave different abrasions on teeth, eating acidic foods without rinsing mouth out after wears down enamel. Stone tools- but only date to after 2. 5 mya: only have stone tools from h. habilis onward, spears, arrow heads, knives. Cut marks on animal bones: happens at butchering sites, an area where animals are slaughtered. 99% of human history as foragers (hunters and gatherers) Did not practice agriculture, grow their own food, keep animals to raise and then eat. H and g is a subsistence strategy- a primary means of getting food. What is (cid:862)do(cid:373)esti(cid:272)atio(cid:374)(cid:863): when plants and animals become dependent upon human intervention for survival. Early evidence: ~11,500 y. a, tool kits for harvesting and grinding. Intensive use of wild cereals: sites- more permanent. Increased social complexity: where is this evidence, a(cid:374)(cid:272)ie(cid:374)t (cid:862)near east(cid:863)- (cid:373)oder(cid:374) (cid:862)middle east(cid:863)
