ARCH 100 Lecture 10: Arch 100 Lecture 10 part 1
17 Oct 2016
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Agricultural societies of new guinea emphasize the centrality of pigs and sweet potatoes for subsistence and for developing a social hierarchy: The exchange of pigs is an essential element of political power. Sweet potatoes are an important part of the diet of pigs; therefore, these mean political power. Both sweet potatoes and pigs were introduced to new guinea fairly recently they were domesticated elsewhere. Genetics indicate that a number of plants were domesticated in new guinea. These include yams, bananas, taro, and possibly sugarcane. None of these crops are cereals no seed crops. Traditional agricultural processes in new guinea involve transplanting suckers, cuttings, or shoots. By 8000 b. p. small settled villages developed along the peruvian coast. Houses were built of reeds and grasses over a wooden structure. About 10 families lived in a village at any given time. Burial data indicates that there were no higher status individuals.
