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what is foraging?

• fishing

• hunting

• gathering

what is the signifiance of Catalhayuk?

dense, early settled communities

what is agriculture?

farming

what is sedentism

staying in one place, increases social complexity

what is nomadic

movement to food, associated with “band”

what is significant about Abu Horeyra?

transition from foraging to farming, “little cat”

what is significat about Varna Necroplis?

early burial site representing inequality and prestige goods

what is ethnic group?

• Shared land

• Common descent

• Common language

• Community of customs

• Community of beliefs

what is archaelogical culture?

• Recurring set of material traits 

• Found grouped by region and/or time 

• Often intangible and some tangible

what is microbotanicals?

require high power technology to see, phytoliths,

what is macrobotanicals?

plant parts visible to the naked eye

what is neolothic revolution?

agricultural revolution, reliance on domesticated plants,radical change in lifestyle

what is neolithic transition?

gradual, long process of adaptions, not one single event

what is reductive technology?

the removal of materials for the desired function

what is percussion flaking?

used for shaping and thinning tools

what is ground stone?

formed by grinding stones together

what is smelting?

the extraction of metal using heat

what is characterization?

sourcing the items by elemental composition

what is exchange?

the transfer of goods, materials and items

what is trade?

organized exchange across distance

what is interaction sphere?

a regional network linking societies

what is band?

small, based on kinship, mobile, no formal leader

what is hunter gatherer?

usually nomadic, hunt animals, get wild animals

what is ethnic group?

shared identity

Sunghir, Russia

oldest burrial cite, demonstrated status

what is palynology?

study of pollen grains

what is phytolith

•  particles of silica in plant cells that survive after the rest of the plant has decomposed

Fa-Hien Lena, Sri Lanka

evidence of small mammal hunting

Varna, Bulgaria

oldest assemblage of worked gold