ANTH 160A1 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Optimal Foraging Theory, Megafaun, Quaternary Extinction Event
26 Oct 2015
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Childe"s oasis theory-1940"s: symbiotic relationships developed around scarce water resources. Briadwood"s hilly flanks theory-late 1940"s: culture was ready for it. A natural progression based on relationships between h&gs and plants and animals. Binford/flannery density equilibrium model-1960"s: population density drove people into marginal environments which broadened their subsistence base. Further competition in marginal areas led to domestication. Smith"s floodplain weed hypothesis 1987: settlements formed near rivers and slack-water areas. People focused on seed bearing weeds and the combination of constantly disturbed, fertile soil, and the constant introduction of seeds naturally leads to domestication. Characterized by highly mobile big hunters argues that human were responsible for the late pleistocene extinction of megafauna in northern eurasia and north and south america. Comparison of the soultrean laurel leaf and the clovis biface. Generalists: presence of small animals in paleoindian assemblages. Insufficient evidence to support large game specialization: plausibility of big game . Gorges, netting: optimal foraging theory, associatio n of.
