ANT200Y1 Study Guide - Quiz Guide: Aceramic, Jiahu, Optimal Foraging Theory
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Harris matrix: represent the network of relationship between depositional units. Neolithic revolution: by the end of pre-pottery neolithic b, every aspect of life in the middle. East had been transformed as a result of the adoption of a village farming way of life. Shift to agriculture began during the natufian period with the construction of small settlements. Plant and animal domestication began in the pre-pottery b phase, along with an increase in the size of density of settlements. Pottery was introduced in late neolithic when there was a decrease in size/density of settlement. Domestication-brittle/tough rachis: decline in the role of hunting for subsistence: evidence of animal domestication includes in the shape of goat horns. Rely on the full range of plants domesticated during early neolithic. Constructed architecture (stone building) and increased elaboration of material culture appeared. Plastered skulls: buried beneath floors in sites dating to the pre-pottery neolithic b period. Ams radiocarbon dating: accelerator mass spectrometry radiocarbon dating.
