Exam 5: Hunting, Gathering, Foraging, Farming, and Complexity

Hunter-gatherer-forager groups are generally ___________________.

The "New World" includes Mexico.

The area that Robert Braidwood called the "Fertile Crescent" is located in ______________.

Political complexity is a term used to describe societies for which __________________ have replaced kin groups in societal organization.

You would most likely find ___________________ at a site dating to the Levantine Epipaleolithic.

Describe the process of domestication using gray wolves and teosinte as examples. How did human behavior transform these species?

Describe the feasting model for the development of agriculture.

At the end of the Ice Ages, the Pleistocene is followed by the ___________________.

The theory for the origins of agriculture that supposes harsh climate caused humans and animals to cluster together near water sources is the:

Name four common foods that were domesticated in the New World.

What is the relationship between agriculture and social complexity?

PPNB sites in the Levant sometimes include carefully prepared plastered skulls. How have these been interpreted?

The Epipaleolithic occurred ___________ the Upper Paleolithic in the Middle East.

____________ appear to have been domesticated around 8000 cal BC in the Zagros Mountains region.

How would you interpret a scatter of small shells with symmetrical holes in them?

'Ain Ghazal in Jordan was occupied during all of the ______________.

Potatoes were first domesticated in Kenya.

Why is it necessary to use the term "hunter-gatherer-forager"?

Explain niche construction theory (NCT) as applied to the origins of food production.

In the New World, the Paleoamerican period is followed by the ______________________.