HIST 101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Çatalhöyük, 10Th Millennium Bc, Paleolithic
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From the paleolithic age to the birth of civilizations. Created fire, burned, and used fire to eliminate for crop growth. Lived in campus, open air camps with wind blocks, stayed for periods of times, and then moved. Learned where berries and nuts grew, followed animal patterns for migration. Eliminated the weak, even babies that were sick. Egalitarian societies, only carried food, little property, no power based on possessions. Gender division of labor: men, hunted, gathered. Not gender power based (hierarchy) but actually equal. 300,000 years ago, started cemeteries, designated burial sites. Transitional period begins with last ice age, 10000 bce. Stones added to possibly, to hold spirits back, shells added for religion, or show care for the dead. 200+ circles with pillars, some covered with wild animals. No proof of long term living in these areas. Domestication of plants, starting growing rice, barley, and could stay in permanent dwellings.
