ANTHROP 1AA3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Natufian Culture, Fertile Crescent, Upper Paleolithic
14 Nov 2016
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By 30,000 years ago, they became extinct as a hominin species. Humans then migrated and expanded further throughout the world, and into the. Foraging is a subsistence strategy: way of life that focuses upon how food is procured. In the upper paleolithic (50- 10,000 years ago) Groups of foragers/ h+g roamed the earth: foragers. Small groups of up to 75 people; once there are more than 75 people they start to split up. Nomadic; opportunistic consumers --> follow the availability of food. Fairly egalitarian (valued equally); little conflict as no distinction in status. Extinction of many large-game species ---> mammals used as a food source; just one kill could a feed a group for a long time (megafauna) kill could a feed a group for a long time (megafauna) Natufian sites show earliest evidence for slow transition to agriculture. ~9,000 - 12,000 y. a in area that is now israel and jordan (fertile crescent)
