ANT101H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 15: Fish Hooks, Kennewick Man, Natufian Culture
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Lecture 15 - holocene, mesolithic and archaic people. Mesolithic (europe) and epipaleolithic (near east): 12,000ya to neolithic (or later). And archaic (americas): 10,000ya to food production. We"re currently in the holocene time period, which started 10,000/ 12,000ya. A major division of change relating to the climate. Widespread change in lifestyles worldwide due to climate change. The glaciers began to melt and the sea levels started rising, drowning out coastal sites. Wetlands and marshes began to appear (which are resource and nutrient rich). The resource rich environments were full of birds, fish and a range of other diverse food types. These renewing resources are good for hunter gatherer populations. Instead they hunted reindeer, caribou, deer and other small animals. They also stored nutrient rich food such as nuts. Some groups continued using the archaic lifestyle, well into the period of farming and agriculture, but they stayed hunter gatherers. Others interacted with the european people and altered their ways.
