ANTHROP 1AA3 Lecture : Origins of Agriculture.docx

• School: McMaster University
• Department: Anthropology
• Course: ANTHROP 1AA3
• Professor: Tracy Prowse

Document Summary

Course evaluation compelte and get 5 marks on exam! Subsistence impacts various aspects of life (e. g. , how people live, gender roles) Plants: barley, almond, acorn, pistachio, wild emmer= all these resources are easily stored. Origins of agriculture not one localized event that spread around the globe. Multiple independent centers of innovation: the fertile crescent . Earliest evidence: c. 11,000- 10,000 years ago. Wild wheat has small seeds that fall off stock easily, and the plant can reproduce. Domestic wheat has very large seeds, and they have been cultivated for the seeds to hang off stock. Wild has small berrys, while domestic plant will grow large strawberries. When plants and animals become dependent upon human intervention for survival. Domestication is a process not a one time event. Natural home to many of what became staple domesticates: barley, wheat, legumes, sheep/goat, pig, cattle: mesoamerica (lowland mexico)- ~7000 ya. Domestication of maize (corn), beans & squash.