ANTH 1413 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Rachis, Neolithic Revolution, Microlith
9 Oct 2014
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Exam 2 study guide spring 2014 anth1413. Be sure to know the following concepts, places, objects, and archaeological sites. Helped concentrate the harvest, but not a high-yield, storable resource: required more labor to exploit, agriculture intentional selection for useful traits leads to plant species dependent on. Identifying cultivation or agriculture: natufian sickles natufian period (14,000 11,600 bp) Sickle gloss or microlith on blades: paleoethnobotany/archaeobotany study of the use of ancient plants. Remains preserved due to burning, drying, or saturation. Correlates of domesticated plants and animals: genetic use of modern dna to examine changes. Difference between wild and domesticated barley: wild = brittle rachis (easy dispersal, domestic barley = tough rachis (seeds stay attached longer, zooarchaeology study of the use of animals. Skeletal morphology: changes in age/sex ratios, distribution outside of natural range, architectural features. Animal mortality profiles: catastrophic entire population dies, attritional typical life and death cycle. Prime-dominated animals in prime of life culled from herd.
