Anthropology 2231F/G Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Maritime Archaic, Soapstone, Iva Annua
13 Jul 2012
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People starting to become more sedentary: especially in east, mostly coastal areas, e. g. Village, close to marine shell (oyster) midden (300m long, 5m deep) Plant cultivation: deliberately started to plant and grow certain plants, not large scale like it would be later, started about 4,000 bp, evidence of plants that had been changed from their wild form. Could have started earlier, takes a while for plants to appear as domesticated (morphological changes) Southern illinois, kentucky, tennessee area the heartland : domesticated most plants, but they were eventually abandoned. E. g. sunflower (hayes site, tn 4,200 bp), sumpweed (4,000. Abandoned when maize was brought from mesoamerica (more productive) Traits of domesticates: larger seeds, thinner seed coats, germinate faster: women tended the crops, invented agriculture in the southeast, allowed people to become more sedentary. Bp), low bowls with flat bottoms and handles, soapstone found in areas in north and east (trade to the south)
