HIS109Y1 Study Guide - Final Guide: Mohenjo-Daro, Chavín De Huantar, Erlitou Culture
Ant 200: Introduction to Archaeology
Term 2 test: April 3rd, 2017
There will be 24 questions worth a total of 50 points. Answers should be a few
sentences to a short paragraph in length.
1. Basic history of archaeological ideas about the origins of agriculture. How do
archaeologists recognize domestication of plants and animals
archaeologically? How do we distinguish between different kinds of early
agricultural societies? Make sure you can comment of the contributions that
particular archaeologists have made on this topic (particularly V. Gordon
Childe). In particular, make sure that you understand the complex
relationship between agriculture, sedentism, social relations and cosmology.
2. In the Americas, origins and spread of maize agriculture. Pay particular
importance to Iroquoian societies and changes through time within respect
to settlement and maize consumption. Be able to reference specific sites to
illustrate your point
3. In the Americas: Eastern Agricultural Complex
4. Middle East: Epi-Paleolithic Hunter-gatherers (Geometirc Kebaran,
Natufians) and the changes that took place with the origins of agriculture
(PPNA, PPNB, PPNC)
5. Spread of Agriculture into Europe
6. Centralized versus non-centralized societies. Be sure to know how this
relates to other ways of classifying societies
7. Different kinds of power structures in early states
8. In term of social complexity, be sure to know key details of NWC groups,
Cahokia, Chaco Canyon, Salisbury Plain
9. In terms of early states, make sure that you understand basic history of
archaeological ideas about the development of state societies (Childe again!)
and ways that other archaeologists define cities and states
10. Make sure you know where, when and why the following are important for
our understanding of state-level societies: Erlitou, Uruk, Eridu,
Heirakonpolis, Harappa, Mohenja-Daro, Angkor, Chavin de Huantar,
Teotihican, basic characteristics of mayan cities.
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Document Summary
There will be 24 questions worth a total of 50 points. Answers should be a few sentences to a short paragraph in length: basic history of archaeological ideas about the origins of agriculture. Make sure you can comment of the contributions that particular archaeologists have made on this topic (particularly v. gordon. In particular, make sure that you understand the complex relationship between agriculture, sedentism, social relations and cosmology: in the americas, origins and spread of maize agriculture. Pay particular importance to iroquoian societies and changes through time within respect to settlement and maize consumption. Be able to reference specific sites to illustrate your point: in the americas: eastern agricultural complex, middle east: epi-paleolithic hunter-gatherers (geometirc kebaran, Natufians) and the changes that took place with the origins of agriculture (ppna, ppnb, ppnc: spread of agriculture into europe, centralized versus non-centralized societies.
