Archaeology 1000 - Unit 14

Epipaleolithic

in Southwest Asia

Mesolithic

in Europe

Archaic

New World (Americas)

Holocene

begins around 10 000 BC

Dog

First domesticated animal

Cereal Grains

first domesticated plants

Oasis Theory (Childe)

people and animals settled near oasis’s due to environmental factors and closeness prompted domestication

Readiness Hypothesis (Braidwood)

human familiarity with local plant and animal life progressed until domestication occured

Boserup

population pressure led to farming

Binford

coastal groups pushed inland leading to adaptation

Flannery

resource stress led to population growth

Rindos

coevolution. humans and plants evolved accidentally

Hayden

surplus of food led to feasting creating social competition

Zeder

humans naturally maximize resources

Fertile Crescent

Modern day Sudan to Iraq. First major region where farming began

Megaliths

large structures made of stone that serve functions from burial chambers to places of worship. Ex Stonehenge