CAS AR 100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Carl O. Sauer, Slash-And-Burn, Ian Hodder

• School: Boston University
• Department: Archaeology
• Course: CAS AR 100
• Professor: William Saturno

Document Summary

Paleoethnobotany: study of plant remains from archaeological sites, collection and analysis of the seeds, ex: study pollen remains in soil, allow us to see species present. Archaeozoology: or zooarchaeology, study of animal remains from archaeolgial sites. Dogs: dog domesticated during upper paleolithic period, for hunting, companionship, food, gordon childe, seminal event that happens at particular time and place. America: millet, primary crop in north china, rice, primary crop in south china. Key points of childe"s : may not be true of all groups of people. Instead found in zones that wild species would thrive: no evidence for widespread drying, discounts environmental impact playing role in transition to agriculture, natural habitat hypothesis. Lewis binford: population key for why humans transitioned to agriculture. Mark cohen: local hunting and gathering can"t support population growth. Tribes: larger group of people tribe, permanent villages, permanent burial mounds, farming, rise of agriculture.