CLASS102 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Tell Abu Hureyra, The Reasons Why (Album), Staple Food
2 Dec 2017
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Must of been some advantage to domesticate animals and food. Production of a surplus (at least you can fall back on) Become more sedentary (initially they were nomadic - just better than moving around) Allows more task specialization (maybe do more and become more specialized) Less varied diet (in the beginning) - so very simple skeletons and they also suffer from malnutrition. Demands so much work (like work on garden or farm) Conflicts over land and crops (land becomes an important source so they fight over access) As populations grow, production of food becomes necessary. Climate change force populations to look for new food sources and food production. Some food items are cultivated for trade, but later become staple food sources. More and more trading for trade, and trade more food and used to support the population. We began to grow food just because we could.
