ANTHROP 1AA3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 21: Hookworm Infection, Porotic Hyperostosis, Infant Mortality
7 Sep 2016
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Fundamental change in the way humans interact with their environment. From dependency on natural resources to control over domesticated resources: major changes in diet. But : many populations did not adopt agriculture. E. g. , inuit, ju/"hoansi, populations in tropical rainforests of amazon. Agriculture: blessing or curse: we consider agriculture to be fundamental to our subsistence as human beings. Lots of theories lots of problems: gordon childe neolithic revolution developed in m. east due to drought and climate change. But, archaeological excavations by robert braidwood in iran no evidence of major climate change. Population pressure growing h and g populations adopt agriculture when they hit the limit of that their food resources can support. But no evidence for high population densities in sw asian or mesoamerica. Theories, con"t : social theories barbara bender argues that h and g societies became more socially complex and hierarchical. In the end: there is no singular theory/explanation for the adoption of agriculture .
