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Interpretation final.
All information on final except for individual cases.
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Archaeology
Undergraduate 3
04/27/2009

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How to identify domesticated animals
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Biogeography (Where animal is supposed to be found, Morphological changes (Smaller), DNA (cattle example
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Domesticated plants (morphological)
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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.)
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Domesticated plants 2 Morphological
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Wild grains thin, tiny. Domesticated large round
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Biogeography
Definition
Good if we know exactly where the habitat was.
Maybe people were moving things around without domestication, or mammoths crapping sunflower seeds.
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DNA of plants, barley
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Closest leaving wheat pop to original domesticated group is in Turkey.
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DNA general
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can be used to identify wild ancestor and geographic location, can find how many times a crop was domesticated, but no dates.
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DNA Teosinte/corn
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Earliest domesticated maize, in central mexico. All varieties from balsas river valley Oaxaca.
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Goat DNA
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Urasian mountain goat closest ancestor. Three distinct populations from this population. three seperate domestication events.
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Sheep DNA
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three separate domestications
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DNA Difficulties
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DNA is fragile, won't stay for long. Need archaeology for context.
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Reasons for Domestication: demographic push
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Demographic push: Farm V Starve. Too little resources, too many people. Need an ace.
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Reasons for Domestication: Climate change
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Climate change models - farm or starve, climate making resources scarce enough to not support current population.
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Reasons for Domestication:
Definition
Social competition for feasting
Farm - > Partay (status) (Ongka)
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Reasons for domestication: Flannery's systems
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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.
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Interaction between humans and climate in eland's bay South america
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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
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