ANTH 1000 Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Unilineal Evolution, Sedentism, Social Complexity

• School: Auburn University
• Department: Anthropology
• Course: ANTH 1000
• Professor: Meghan Buchanan

Document Summary

7500 bc- 5 times larger than jericho. A large early neolithi(cid:272) site i(cid:374) souther(cid:374) turkey; the (cid:374)a(cid:373)e is turkish for (cid:862)forked (cid:373)ou(cid:374)d(cid:863) population of 10,000. Clay- build cave-like houses from clay, clay balls for cooking, mini balls for. The problem with assumptions about progress and unilineal evolution: conventional wisdom. Jericho, catalhoyuk, and gobekli tepe reveal: conventional wisdom thrown out of the door. The past is complicated: we have to rethink past theories, there may yet be more ways of life to be uncovered. Connections between domestication/landscape use/religion: emergence of regional, shared myths or mythic beings. Tribes- (cid:862)tra(cid:374)segalitaria(cid:374)(cid:863) (cid:894)(cid:374)ot (cid:272)o(cid:373)pletely ra(cid:374)ked, (cid:271)ut (cid:374)ot egalitaria(cid:374) either(cid:895)- can be moble or sedentary. Chiefdoms- ranked society (inherited status), some part-time specialization, usually sedentary. States- stratified, governmental institutions (laws, taxes), clear borders and boundaries. Egalitarian social relations were seen in early farming and herding societies: no great differences were seen in wealth, prestige, or power.