ANT 2000 Lecture Notes - Lecture 40: Bloodletting, Jared Diamond
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Consequences of agriculture (settlement, complexity, material culture, warfare, intensification) caused the settlement of groups of people, gender bias, fights over land and a focus on material goods. Complexity (consequences of agriculture) people settle down, more people join in, politics and organization are questions to be asked. Material culture (consequences of agriculture) things that aren"t shared between the whole group but exclusive to families, immovables in a household. Warfare (consequences of agriculture) land becomes important, immovable, there becomes a need to protect it, warfare happens. Agriculture as "mistake" less variety in diet, disease, overwork, famine, wealth diff. , sexism) Less variety in diet (as an agricultural "mistake) in a complex society, many people rely on just a few crops, hunters and gatherers have a variety of foods they eat from. Correlates of civilization cities, inequality, craft specialization, politics, agricultural intensification, surplus, instability. Mesoamerica (geographic area, culture area, modern states) outh-central mexico southeastward to include the isthmus of tehuantepec, the yucat n peninsula,
