ANTH 1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 16: Luminescence, Euphrates, Smallpox
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Made our way from sunda down to sahul. Malakunanja (50 kya) and lake mungo (30 kya) Thermo luminescence and optically stimulated luminescence dating lake. Dry desert that used to be a giant lake. Fire theory where humans light fire and burn entire landscape because after. Got to north america through beringia land bridge. Don"t see any bones with hunt marks on it associated with humans (cid:498))ce free corridor(cid:499) theory followed corridor route down from siberia to. North america sources utilize the ocean as a stable resource. Fertile crescent: wheat, barley, goats, cattle, pigs: between tigris river and euphrates river. Sedentism: begin to make homes and villages, planting fields and investing time. Neolithic technology = agriculture (10 kya: harvesting and sowing technology, neolithic technological industry. Economic changes: power, control, organized labor. Human osteological markers: vertebrae, knees, ankles, toes, arthritis, dental cavities. Health changes: famine increases tremendously because makes us reliant on food production. Reduces the bioavailability of iron (with maize)
