ARCA1000 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Kent V. Flannery, Zooarchaeology, Pleistocene
31 Jul 2018
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15,000 years ago all people on the earth: used wild plants and animals for food they were hunter-gatherer-fishers, moved their living location regularly they were mobile, hunters and gatherers can be split into two broad groups: Foragers: have a daily food quest and food is rapidly consumed. They have a high mobility and have a broader diet base (eg. kebaran foragers). Food collectors: maximize seasonal resource surpluses through storage. They have less mobility and a more narrow diet (eg. natufian plant collectors): many peoples practices transhumance: Transhumance: the practice of moving from one location (such as the lowlands) to another (highlands) in a seasonal cycle. By 5,000 bp many peoples: relied on agriculture for food they were farmers. Lived in a fixed location they were sedentary. Showed clear signs of previously unknown technological, cultural and social complexity. Foragers: very mobile, have a broader diet base. Less variety in diet: maximise seasonal resource surpluses through storage and food preservation.
