ARCH 100 Chapter 7: Chapter 7 Readings
12 May 2016
School
Department
Course
Professor
Document Summary
Chapter 7 readings: 7. 1 setting the scene (page 194) Fertile crescent a ribbon of mediterranean climate that arcs across the middle east. It is characterized by dry summers and winter rains with enough precipitation to support vegetation ranging from woodlands to open park woodlands. Along with trees such as oak and pine, large stands if wild cereals, including wheat, barley, and rye dot the countryside. The archaeological record clearly shows that the shift to an agricultural way of life in the middle east was a process rather than a revolution. The transition to agriculture can be traced through a number of stages: During the kebaran and geometric kebaran periods, hunter-gatherers living in the region subsisted on a wide range of plant and animal resources. There is no evidence of domesticated plants or animals during those periods, and the remains of brush huts are the only evidence of architecture.
