ANTH 110 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Wild Grass, Volcanic Glass, Kent V. Flannery
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Broad-spectrum collecting and sedentarism: some areas of the world witness an increasingly sedentary way of life (some sits in. In other areas (semiarid highlands of mesoamerica) switch to broad-spectrum collecting not associated with greater sedentarism: many factors influence adoption of sedentary lifestyle such as nearness or high reliability of yield of broad-spectrum resources. Sedentarism and population growth: some anthropologists suggest that population growth increased dramatically with. Nancy howell and richard lee: birth spacing may have to do with ratio of body fat to body weight (critical fat hypothesis). Need minimal amount of body fat to resume ovulation. Microlithic technology: pre-agricultural technology similar to upper paleolithic. Trend toward smaller and lighter tools and composite tools- made of more than one material- emerged: microliths fitted into grooves in bone or wood to form arrows, harpoons, daggers, and sickles. Domestication in the near east: traditionally believed the fertile crescent-land stretching from israel and the jordan.
