ANTHROP 1AA3 Lecture 14: Lecture Fourteen (Mar.20. 19)
10 Apr 2019
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Groups of foragers/h and g roamed the earth: small groups of up to 75 people, nomadic, no long term, permanent villages or shelters, fairly egalitarian/little conflict as no distinctions in status. Jerf el ahmar (syria: domestication = sedentism. Investment in architecture: decreased infant mortality = increased population, larger social groups, potential for greater social complexity (>200 people ) Wild: how are domesticated animals recognized archaeologically, 1st domesticated animals: dogs, goats, sheep, pigs, cattle . Pop"n characteristics (few males, lots of females) Agriculture not necessarily the next step in human biocultural evolution: many populations did not adopt agriculture, ecology more suited to foraging, e. g. , inuit, ju/"hoansi, pop"ns in tropical rainforests of amazon, other modes of subsistence ongoing today. Food is a form of material culture: mc = anything made or modified by humans. Food as culture and identity: everybody eats, what and how we eat can become an expression of our ideas and beliefs.
