ANTH 102 Chapter Notes - Chapter 14: Guilá Naquitz Cave, Little Ice Age, Zagros Mountains
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Sickle blades: a tool used for cutting the stalks of cereals, especially wheat. Guila naquitz cave, valley of oaxaca, mexico research. Squash maize then beans: younger dryas/little ice age zagros mountains. Brief return to near glacial conditions at start of holocene. Possibly a cause of food stress/stimulant for agriculture. Evidence of it being torn down and being rebuilt: achieved vs. inherited/ascribed status cahokia. Ascribed status - inherited by birth: chiefdom: (from the book pg. 30) chiefdoms and states are often larger (compared to earlier tribal bands), often territorial, societies in which relationships are unequal and organization is hierarchical. Status is hereditary and assigned or ascribed by birth order or class affiliation. Were complex even if they did not develop into state-level societies or true urban centers(audrey) centralized political systems with hereditary leaders, authority inherited by birth. Often associated with agricultural systems sustained by surplus food production chiefs can use surplus to buy labor, loyalty, and goods.
