ANTH 101 1st Edition Lecture 18 Outline of Last Lecture I Midterm Exam Information II How do you DO archaeology III What Questions to Ask IV Dating Methods V Dating Terms VI Deandrochronology Outline of Current Lecture II Homework III The Mesolithic Middle Stone Age IV The Neolithic New Stone Age Current Lecture II Homework A Read article posted in ANGEL by Wednesday III The Mesolithic Middle Stone Age A a lifestyle of diversified foraging it ends when people start agriculture B skilled hunter gatherers with a seasonal nomadic lifestyle C diversification of food D broad spectrum foraging E new foods and storage techniques nuts and plant foods net and hook fishing shellfish game preserved food for later drying meat and fruit F new tools and activities main tool type microliths tiny flints fish hooks harpoons darts moved away from big game hunting to more varied specialized activities use of bow and arrow groove and splinter technique using piece of antler These notes represent a detailed interpretation of the professor s lecture GradeBuddy is best used as a supplement to your own notes not as a substitute G women and children can hunt and trap small animals and gather plants without harming themselves role of women became increasingly important provided about 70 of calories H modify natural environment burnt submerged forest burning done to create open space clearings re colonized by useful trees such as hazel for nuts I protection and promotion of useful plants horticulture J work closely with animals domestication of dog K as climate became more temperate groups could settle down IV The Neolithic New Stone Age A Animal Domestication choose animals for tameness or insensitivity to humans behavioral changes loss of migration size of herds change in breeding patterns changes in size domesticated often smaller changes in skull shape common smaller horns increases in wool and fat sheep decrease in brain size sheep cattle domesticated before crops emergence of pastoralism food producing strategy B Pastoralism primary means of subsidence in animal herding people live off of milk meat and blood hides bones horns traded for other goods C Subsidence Change transition to agriculture if often seen as social evolution human invention environmental pressures post glacial warming population change and increase D Plant Domestication plants go from opportunistic to specialized and become dependent on humans for protection and dissemination loss of natural protection thorns and toxins E Neolithic Tools ground stone too hard to flake but can be ground to make harder tools new types axes adzes food preparation mills querns
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