Details Title: Interpretation final. Description: All information on final except for individual cases. Total Flash Cards: 15 Created: 04/27/2009 21:23:52		New Users: To study from this flashcard set, or to create your own your own study flash cards, REGISTER HERE. Existing Users: CLICK HERE. Additional Archaeology Flashcards
Cards in this set: Term How to identify domesticated animals Definition Biogeography (Where animal is supposed to be found, Morphological changes (Smaller), DNA (cattle example Term Domesticated plants (morphological) Definition Reduced awns, glumes, thin coat, tough rachis (stays intact while picking), larger seed, (Wild teosinte vs. Domestic Maize, extreme difference.) Guila Naquitz Squash seeds (domestic huge, wild tiny.) Term Domesticated plants 2 Morphological Definition Wild grains thin, tiny. Domesticated large round Term Biogeography Definition Good if we know exactly where the habitat was. Maybe people were moving things around without domestication, or mammoths crapping sunflower seeds. Term DNA of plants, barley Definition Closest leaving wheat pop to original domesticated group is in Turkey. Term DNA general Definition can be used to identify wild ancestor and geographic location, can find how many times a crop was domesticated, but no dates. Term DNA Teosinte/corn Definition Earliest domesticated maize, in central mexico. All varieties from balsas river valley Oaxaca. Term Goat DNA Definition Urasian mountain goat closest ancestor. Three distinct populations from this population. three seperate domestication events. Term Sheep DNA Definition three separate domestications Term DNA Difficulties Definition DNA is fragile, won't stay for long. Need archaeology for context. Term Reasons for Domestication: demographic push Definition Demographic push: Farm V Starve. Too little resources, too many people. Need an ace. Term Reasons for Domestication: Climate change Definition Climate change models - farm or starve, climate making resources scarce enough to not support current population. Term Reasons for Domestication: Definition Social competition for feasting Farm - > Partay (status) (Ongka) Term Reasons for domestication: Flannery's systems Definition Farming and Ecological adaptation to genetic changes. No actual evidence for any genetic event given. H n Gs schedule visits to places based on seasons and resource availability. Genetic alterations in a source may make it more appealing. More time spent on the source, Feedback system kicking it into a new homeostasis. Term Interaction between humans and climate in eland's bay South america Definition Temp camp site revisited for thousands of years. Winter spent here. Used faunal remains as indicators for changes in environment. Assumes frequency in cave = Frequency in wild. FINISH FINISH FINISH FINISH