ANTH 9 Lecture Notes - Lecture 27: Sedentism, Ancestral Puebloans, Quinoa

• School: Irvine Valley College
• Department: Anthropology
• Course: ANTH 9
• Professor: albert

Document Summary

Agriculture= very late development in total span of human history. Appears in any places at end of pleistocene (ice age) Slash and burn agriculture- forests, low productivity. Mesolithic- middle stone age to transition to ag. As early as 20,000 bp in near east (east hemisphere)= mesolithic= a generalized adaptation- seeds. Centers for origin of agriculture- not a universal transformation. Mesoamerica (corn, beans, and squash) 9,000 bp to 4,000 bp. Andes- south america (potatoes, beans, quinoa) 7,000 bp. Eastern us (sunflower, squash) 4,800 bp. Changes wrought by agriculture- hunting & gathering not a bad life. Must work hard, up to 18 hrs a day. Control of resources- h&g & periodic famines. Ramosin- expert in arch of death- goes to study tantharoid peope. Bury dead in stone monuments- believe ancestors inhabit stones. Ramosin then visits england, stonehenge built for ancestors. Moved to wooden make of stonehenge- one in wood one in stone. Has to do with meaning of materials.