ANTHROP 1AA3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 20: Sedentism, Natufian Culture, Pistachio
7 Sep 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 new. Groups of foragers/h and g roamed the earth: Fairly egalitarian/little conflict as no distinctions in status. Natufian sites show earliest evidence for transition to agriculture. 11,000 years ago in area that is now israel and jordan. Site of eynan in israel evidence for increased sedentary behaviour. Early evidence from eynan (and other sites in near east) Involves only some members in food production (= specialization) Emergence of a class of producers whose surplus benefits a ruling class. Origins of agriculture not a singular event that spread around the globe. Multiple independent centers of innovation: the fertile crescent" fertile_crescent_350. Wild vs. cultivated wheat wild and cultivated wheat wild domestic. Domestication of maize, beans & squash ~ 7,000 years ago. Llama, alpaca, guinea pig, potato & quinoa ~ 7,500-4,500 bp: china (yangtzi / yellow rivers)
