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Chapter 11 Vocabulary
The First Farmers
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Anthropology
Undergraduate 1
12/04/2013

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Broad-spectrum revolution
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Foraging of varied plant and animal foods at end of Ice Age; prelude to Neolithic
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Mesolithic
Definition
stone toolmaking, emphasizing microliths with broad-spectrum economies
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Neolithic
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term used to describe economies based on food production (cultivated crops and domesticated animals)
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Hilly Flanks
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woodland zone just north of Tigris and Euphrates rivers
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Sedentism
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settled (sedentary) life
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Natufians
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widespread Middle Eastern foraging culture (12500-10500 B.P.)
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Mesoamerica
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Middle America, including Mexico, Guatemala, and Belize
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Maize
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corn; first domesticated in tropical southwestern Mexico around 8000 B.P.
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Manioc
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Cassava; tuber domesticated in South American lowlands
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Teosinte
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wild ancestor of maize; grows wild in southwestern Mexico
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