ANTH 2820 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Communalism, Conspicuous Consumption, Ubaid Period
28 Mar 2017
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Hodder looked at skeletons and said there was no differences between men and women, so its egalitarian. Other sites in the area occupied, but none of them as big or flamboyant as catal hoyuk: evidence that you cannot assume there are changes unilaterally bigger, more advanced, etc. The late 6th through 5th millennium (~7500/7000 5800 cp ~5500, 4000 bc) 5500 bc 4000 bce = period we are talking about. If you can"t it desert sand dunes blown in from the arabia desert. Inadequate amount of rainfall to farm without bringing water here. Likely came from the north: culture of their society closely related to early neolithic stuff up there, continued to be in contact with them, end of century mesopotamian wide culture. Earliest settlement community in this part of the middle east: probably because they were the first to implement irrigation techniques. Geography of mesopotamia: northern: seasonal rain, fertile land, irrigation not needed for agriculture.
