ANP 443 Lecture Notes - Lecture 51: Robert John Braidwood, Lewis Binford, Intentionality
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Robert braidwood earliest domesticates appear where wild ancestors lives. Lewis binford increased population upset the people/ food balance feasting hypothesis. Barbara bender and brian hayden domestication aided by social competition evolution and intentionality. David rindos process of development based on a symbiotic relationship macro-botanical plant fibers corn pieces things you can see with naked eye micro-botanical pollen phytoliths can"t see them. 2 or more reasons, causes (tend to be the correct ones) Theoretical problems no theory is applicable on a worldwide scale. Near east v. mesoamerica; areas of independent domestication. Near east domestication included permanent settlements domesticated plants pottery herded animals. Mesoamerica domestication included permanent settlements domesticated plants potter domesticated animals not important. 7 areas of independent domestication near east (fertile crescent); central mexico; south china (yangtze river corridor); north china (yellow river); south central andes; eastern united states; sub-saharan africa. Cannibalism cowboy wash: during the ancestral pueblo time. Cowboy wash evidence cutting/butchering marks on human bones evidence of burning.