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Chapter 9
A Feast of Diversity
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History
Undergraduate 2
11/04/2007

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AFRICAN DOMESTICATES  
Definition

Northeast Africa- tef, finger millet, and coffee

 

Central Africa- pearl millet, sorghum

 

West Africa- african rice 

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AFRICAN CENTER OF AGRICULTURE
Definition
domesticated plants and animals from the middle east
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UAN AFUDA
Definition
wild sheep found in back of cave, showed domestication
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NABTA PLAYA
Definition
early hunter-gatherer site with small lake and grasslands
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PASTORALISM
Definition
mobile societies that focused on maintaining domesticated animals
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WILD BARBARY SHEEP
Definition
not domesticated but corralled and managed
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UAN MAHUGGIAG
Definition
site in Libya where earliest site of domesticated animals 8500 ya
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DOMESTICATES IN NEW GUINEA  
Definition
yams, bananas, taro, and maybe sugar cane
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HUON PENNINSULA
Definition
earliest evidence of human inhabitance in New Guinea
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KOSIPE
Definition
earliest evidence of human inhabitance in highlands of New Guinea
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KUK SWAMP
Definition
evidence of drainage canals, and pits showed evidence of agriculture
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PHYTOLITHS
Definition
domestication of plants (build up on plant walls)
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ANDEAN DOMESTICATES
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beans, potatoes, llamas, alpacas, guinea pigs
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QUECHUA ZONE
Definition
2,300-3,500m corn grows well
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SUNI ZONE
Definition
3,500-4,000m range of crops grown
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PUNA ZONE
Definition
4,000-4,800m grassland for llamas and alpacas
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CORDILLERA ZONE
Definition
above 4,800m no agriculture
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LLOMA
Definition
meadows on the coast of peru
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HUMBOLDT CURRENT
Definition
brings cool water nutrients to surface
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GUITARRERO CAVE
Definition
found domesticated beans 4,300ya
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PANAULACA CAVE
Definition
quinoa seeds found in layers
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LLAMAS AND ALPACAS
Definition
domesticated in the Andes
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GUINEA PIGS
Definition
Andean domesticates
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PALOMA
Definition
preagricultural village site on coast of Peru
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COTTON PRECERAMIC
Definition
large sites with evidence of monumental architecture
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HUACA DE LOS IDOLOS
Definition
earliest known monumental architecture in New World (flat-topped pyramid)
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EL NINO
Definition
severe reversal of Humboldt Current causes massive decline in marine resources
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DOMESTICATES IN EAST ASIA
Definition
rice, millets, dogs, pigs, and water buffalo
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CENTERS OF AGRICULTURE IN EAST ASIA
Definition
Yellow River and Yangtzee River
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JOMON
Definition
japanese preagricultural societies, large villages, elaborate pottery
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PENGTOUSHAN
Definition
produced earliest evidence of domesticated rice
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JIAHU
Definition
6 complete flutes from crane bones
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PEILIGANG CULTURE
Definition
first millet farming culture in E. Asia
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BANPO
Definition
part of Yangshou, elaborate painted decorations
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HEMUDU
Definition
well preserved rice farming culture
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JULIAN THOMAS' VIEW OF ORIGINS OF AGRICULTURE
Definition
"messy and fragmented series of developments" (gradual process)
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