ANTA01H3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Sedentism, Economic System, Passiflora Edulis
Document Summary
Anta01 lecture 11 the origins of agriculture. Neolithic revolution: how agriculture was first developed. Compare old world & new world farmers. Agriculture and the slow domestication of plants and cultivation of plants happened at several different locations (south america, middle east, east asia) all around 10,000 years ago. Different crops came at different regions because of what was available. Refers to the change from hunting and gathering to agriculture. Neolithic means new stone and is in contrast to paleolithic (old stone) V. gordon childe"s view was important because maintaining fields and herds demand a long term commitment more sedentary: because it was a long term commitment, neolithic people suddenly became. In childe"s view, when you"re producing more food, there is a bigger chance that you will stay at the same spot and then get the development of larger city states. In childe"s view, fewer people needed to get involved in food production, which allowed for craft specialization.
