SOCI 362 : Bronze Age Study Guide
Document Summary
Andrew sherratt"s model of a secondary products revolution involved a widespread and broadly contemporaneous set of innovations in old world farming. The use of domestic animals for primary carcass products (meat) was broadened from the 4th-3rd millennia bc to include exploitation for renewable "secondary" products: milk, wool, traction, riding and pack transport. 1. the discovery and diffusion of secondary products innovations. 2. their systematic application, leading to a transformation of european economy and society: apsidal building: The apsidal buildings consist of the composition of rectilinear and curvilinear architectural elements which create a narrow and long rectangular room, one of its sides being hemispherical. The apsidal buildings are used either as a single room or are parted in two or three smaller rooms, as the narrow and long rectangular buildings. In this case they include the narrow apsidal room as an auxiliary one, the larger central area as a main multifunctional room and a narrow, open or closed antechamber.
