ANTH 302 Lecture Notes - Lecture 15: Phalaris Caroliniana, Yogurt, Avocado
17 Nov 2016
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Marked by village settlement, domestication (plants and animals), agriculture, new technologies: semi sedentary people. In some places it begins at 10,000 cal bp. (near east/southwest asia) In american southwest begins by 4,000 cal bp. American east begins by 4,000-3,000 cal bp. Intensive grinders, axes, adzes, hoes, and net sinkers: tools needed for more sedentary lifestyle. Portable storage and cooking vessels: storage of excess/surplus. Training animals and plants to live with and be used by humans. Plants could be modified to be used by humans: selectively breading both animals and plants. Occurs through selection and controlled breeding of species. Maize, kidney and black beans, squash, chilies, cotton, turkey, guinea pig, amaranth, avocado, bottle hourds, pumpkins. Sumpweed, goosefoots, knotweed, maygrass, (plus squash, beans, pumpkins, gourds from mesoamerica). Plants sown and harvested usually providing greater yields and surplus for trade/storage. Animals control over food source is more reliable than hunting (or is it?)
