ANTHROP 1AB3 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Raoul Cauvin, Neolithic Revolution
6 Jul 2018
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Massive carved limestone pillars with bas reliefs of animals, arranged into 20 rings (in. Oldest known example of monumental architecture (oldest temple) (11600 years ago) Much of human race lived in small groups of foragers, but construction would"ve needed many hands to cut, shape, and transport such large stones. At rst the neolithic revolution was viewed as a single event that occurred in. Archaeologists believe this was a result of the global warming that resulted in the end of the ice age and allowed for plant cultivation and animal herding. New research, however, suggests that the revolution was carried out by many hands across a huge area over thousands of years. May not have been driven by the environment. Gobekli tepe may have been the rst religious centre which became a monument for travellers to gawk at. This suggests that the human sense of sacred spaces and love of spectacles may have given rise to civilization.
