ANTHROP 1AA3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Natufian Culture, Upper Paleolithic, Quinoa
28 Mar 2016
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By 30,000 years ago, they became exinct as a hominin species. Humans then migrated and expanded further throughout the world, and into the new. Groups of foragers/h and g roamed the earth: No long term, permanent villages or shelters. Fairly egalitarian/litle conlict as no disincion in status. Natuian sites show earliest evidence for transiion to agriculture. 11,000 years ago in area that is now israel and jordan. Site of eynan in israel evidence for increased sedentary behavior. Early evidence from eynan (and other sites in near east) Involves only some members in food producion (=specializaion) Emergence of a class of producers whose surplus beneits a ruling class. Easily storable resources: barley, almonds, acorns, wild emmer. Origins of agriculture not a singular event that spread around the globe. Muliple independent centers of innovaion: the ferile crescent". Wild vs. domesic wheat --------------------------: mesoamerica. Domesicaion of maize, beans & squash ~7,000 years ago. Origins of food producion: china (yangtzi / yellow rivers)
