ASCI 1110 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Fertile Crescent, Stone Tool, Sedentism
22 Nov 2016
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Asci lecture: agricultural societies source, hard plant to hybridize, resistand to fungal diseases) Neolithic foundation crops ( emmer wheat- could serve as a reliable food. Crop science (large influence on or uni)- emerges in the fertile crescent. Reliance upon agricultural practices have a significant effect on how we live. Agricultural revolution (10000 bc) stone technology massive shift in society"s feeling. Sedentism people living in stable commmunities (as an unintended consequence of people living in one place) of feeding ourselves more reliably nomadic way of life is ending. Increased trade and dissemination of technology (big cities serve as hubs. Humans have been manipulating plans on a particular concerning level- of main communication- sedentism leads to greater trade. Population aggregation agricultural revolution has represented as an improvement. Hunters invest less time to prepare food/provide food to family , whereas farming is less effeciant (requires more time) Paleopathologists- study remains of people from old agricultural communities.
