ANTH 1010H Chapter Notes - Chapter 8: Hemudu Culture, Humboldt Current, New Guinea
3 Sep 2013
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African agricultural systems incorporated domesticated plants introduced from the middle east, including wheat, barley, and lentils. Among the domesticated animals introduced from the middle east were sheep and goats. There is widespread evidence of small villages of hunter-gatherers across northern africa during the period of increased rainfall in the sahara. Between 14,000 and 4,500 years ago, there was more rainfall in the area that is now the sahara desert. The nabta playa in the egyptian western desert was the location of a series of early agricultural and pre- agricultural sites located along the edge of a lake. In much of north africa, domesticated animals were introduced before domesticated plants. Pastoral societies are mobile societies with an economy based on herds of domesticated animals. The earliest evidence of domesticated animals in the central sahara, at the site of uan muhuggiag, was dated to. The development of village farming communities in africa is poorly understood.
