broad spectrum revolution correct answers -new technologies (bow and arrow, traps, use of
dogs)
-intensification of resources extracted per area
-increase carrying capacity and population
-increased sedentism
-new social organization
-50% more animal species
Mesolithic Europe correct answers -10,000-4,000 BC
-NW and SE Europe
-organic preservation in anaerobic wet environments
-population pressure
-increasing territoriality
-warfare
-community integration
Microlith correct answers A small blade of flaked stone used as a tool
Tybrind Vig, Denmark correct answers -5000-4000 BC
-submerged site
-very well preserved
-found bows, leisters, traps
-some of oldest textiles
-canoes w/ built-in hearths
Vedbaek, Denmark correct answers diversification of diet
Star Carr, England correct answers -9000-8500 BC
-red elk decorative headdress
-numerous coastal villages
-buried underground(ish)
Lepenski Vir, Serbia correct answers -broad spectrum diet
-population growth
-increasing sedentism
-larger settlements w/ more complex houses
, Archaic North America correct answers -9000-4000BC
-floodplain intensification
-increased territoriality
-formal cemeteries (mark territorial ownership)
Carrier Mills, IL correct answers -4000-1500 BC
-large settlements
-increased sedent.
-rich wetlands
-77 species of animals
-500+ burials estimated
-25% grave goods
Poverty Point, LA correct answers -central plaza
-6 mounds
-ritual activities
-regional center/gatherings
-long distance trade
-social integration
Epipaleolithic Near East (Natufians) correct answers 12500-9500 BC
'Ain Mallaha, Israel correct answers -11000-9000BC
-one of earliest settled villages in world
-intensive use of wild grasses
Gopekli Tepe, Turkey correct answers -9000-7500 BC
-oldest free standing stone structures
-oldest megaliths
-first "temple"
-7 ton decorated stone pillars
domestication correct answers -biological changes: physical or behavioral characteristics
-interference/manipulation of reproductive cycle
cultivation correct answers -manipulation/fostering plant species to enhance propagation
-might not result in domestication
agriculture correct answers domesticated plants and animals
Fertile Crescent correct answers A geographical area of fertile land in the Middle East
Abu Hureyra correct answers -transition from hunting-gathering (natufians) to agriculture
(neolithic)
- tell settlement (tell=mounded)
-increased aridity
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