ASB 222 buried cities lost tribes

Abu Hureyra
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Abu Hureyra
a site on the Euphrates River in Syria that was occupied during the Natufian and the Neolithic periods. Hunting Gazelle, Incipiant hearding.85K years ago domesticated sheep and goat, Wheat ,Rye, and lentils. Women faired the worst and had deformed big toes, osteoarthritis, and they were over developed on top. Burial of a shaman who had a deformity,was crippled and covered with stone slabs, buried w/ 50 tortoise shells, chopped off full foot and other skulls . Natufians
Agriculture
any activities to artificially increase plant yields using fertilizers or dividing water. the benifit is more units of food than plant forging. the down side is alot more labor= Intensification- more labor into the land and getting more out of it
Agricultural Revolution
The change from food gathering to food production that occurred between around 8000 and 2000 B.C.E. Also known as the Neolithic Revolution.
Animism
the belief that inanimate objects have lifelike qualities and are capable of actions. Lasco cave, Venus Figurines, smpathietic magic, upper paleolithic
Ban- Po- Ts'un
5-600K years Ago, earliest site in china along yellow river- has huge drainage ditch and thier cemetary are in rows, demesticated pigs and dogs, millet grain and silk
Conscious selection
domestication of animals - on purpose
unconscious selection
domestication of plants- didn't mean to dometicate the plants, accidental
culture
the enduring behaviors, ideas, attitudes, and traditions shared by a large group of people and transmitted from one generation to the next
Dolni Vestonice
Upper Paleolithic; 27,000 BP to 23,000 BP; Czech Republic; site of earliest known potter's kiln; 3 separate sites; about 100 ppl; venus figurines, animals, and some weapons, evidence of trade, 2300 clay figurines, hollowed bones for flute. Burial of lady covered in red ochre- 2 mamoth bones on top of her; Paralysis in her face( theres a clay carving of her found near her too)
3 teenagers-female in middle= ocre in public area
male on right= arms placed in pubic area
other male on stomach - turned away from female but holding hand with mask
woman prabubly died in childhood, male is her partnerand the other guy is her shaman and when she died they had to die with her
Domestication
modified genetic makeup of a plant or animal to where they cannot live without human existance