Human Evolution - 2009
Early Farming Topics: The start of farming in the Near East: Natufian period (Epipalaeolithic) Tell Abu Hureyra (Syria) Origins of Agriculture Push or Pull? Famine or Feast? A world-wide change
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The Prehistoric Era: The Struggle of Survival
Reading Notes
WE: pp. xxix to 7
The First Civilizations
III. The Earliest Humans
Prehistoric: Before Written History, just use primary sources such as art and artifacts. *Homo erectus Homo sapiens *BI
The Scale of Environmental Change in the last 10,000 years On a millenial timescale Over a continent Temperature range from glacial to interglacial Vegetation changes from steppe-tundra to forest Human ecology changes from hunter-gatherer to far
Lecture 4 Outline 9/28 Neolithic The technology movement was slow Metallurgy- used copper and metal-very labor intensive- transforms to decorative devices 7500 b.c. has symbolic meanings Indicative of economy, but more importantly ideologies 7500B.C
AE04: Social and Economic Consequences of Early State Formation
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AE04: SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC CONSEQUENCES OF EARLY STATE FORMATION (taped 4/84;
transcribed 4/88, revised 3/90; 3/95, 12/96, 9/97) Prefatory Remarks
To begin with, it must be conceded
LATE UPPER PALEOLITHIC CAVE SITES WITH PAINTINGS INCLUDE: ALTAMIRA (SPAIN) LASCAUX (FRANCE) PECH MERLE (FRANCE) NAIUX (FRANCE) COSQUER (FRANCE-DISCOVERED IN 1991) CHAUVET (FRACE-DISCOVERED IN 1994) General Population Trends (Doubling Rates) Like most
2/19/2008 9:34:00 AM Haviland Chap. 5 8 million years of evolution outline macroevolution and the process of specialization hominid evolution human evolution o anatomically modern peoples and the upper Paleolithic Macroevolution and Specialization Fo
AP05: Archaeological Evidence on Early State Formation in China
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AP05: ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE ON EARLY STATE FORMATION IN CHINA
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A. Archaeological Knowledge
5a. How do the materials used by archaeo logy and the
The Neolithic Agricultural Revolution
HIST 110 Lecture 1
Stages of human development
Hunting and gathering
Human origins to Paleolithic ("Old Stone Age")
Use of wild grains
Transition to agriculture: 11,000-8500 BCE Long period, complex transition
Catal Huyuk
Neolithic Site on the Konya Plateau in Turkey
Catal Huyuk is the oldest and the largest Neolithic city found, so far. It dates to 8,000 years BCE and was occupied continuously for 376 generations. No specific reasons for its abandonment
Lecture 3
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Lecture 3 Neolithic Revolution and the Discovery of Agriculture
The Great Technological Discoveries of Pre-history 1. The discovery of tools. Although there are examples of tools being used by animals, from ants to apes, the development
Archeology Exam 2 Notes Radiocarbon dating Willard Libby announced the first age determinations from radioactive carbon in 1949. radiocarbon dating, lies in the half-life of radioactive elements. radioactive 14C starts decay into stable forms hal
Portia Mellott January 27, 2008 Chapter 1 History Notes The First Humans -Uruk is one of the first cities in the world and part of the world's first civilization. -Southern Iraq is also known as Mesopotamia -The earliest humanlike creatures are known
Anthropology 103, Archaeology and Culture Lecture Outlines Lecture 1: What is Anthropology?
Holistic/multidisciplinary Fields of Anthropology Physical Paleontology Human Variation Forensics Archaeology Old World: biblical, classical, Bronze Age, etc
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NEOLITHIC AGRICULTURE:
Reading the Signs of Ancient Animal Domestication
Heather Pringle* Over the millennia, humans seeking a steady source of food, hide