Chapter 7: Towers, Villages & Longhouses Flashcards
Younger Dryas
- aka little ice age
- a period of global climatic stress that had a significant impact on Natufian society
Abu Hureyra
on the Upper Euphrates River in Syria that was occupied during the Natufian and the Neolithic periods
Çatalhöyük
a Late Neolithic site in Turkey that had rooms decorated with elaborate frescoes
Fertile Crescent
a ribbon of Mediterranean climate that arcs across the Middle East that has dry summers and winter rains with enough precipitation for vegetation in woodlands to open-park woodlands
Jericho tower
a 9-meter-high structure made of undressed stone and mud brick dating to the Pre-Pottery Neolithic A
Jerf el Ahmar
a Pre-Pottery Neo-lithic A site on the Upper Euphrates River in Syria with communal structures
Lepenski Vir
a meso-lithic site along the Danube River in Serbia where structures, burials, and sculptures were found
Linear Band Keramik
the culture of the earliest farming communities in central and western Europe
Natufian
societies in the Middle East constructed the earliest stone buildings and developed an impressive range of art objects and personal ornaments
Mallaha
a Natufian site in northern Israel with the remains of oval stone structures
Lunate
a tiny crescent-shaped stone tool characteristic of the Natufian
Ohalo
a Kebaran site in northern Israel with excellent preservation of organic remains
Plastered skulls
plastered human skulls buried beneath floors on sites dating to the Pre-Pottery Neolithic B period
Rachis
the part of a cereal plant that holds the seed to the stalk and keeps the seed on the plant until it is harvested
Paleoethnobotany - quiz 3
the study of past cultures by an examination of human populations’ interactions with the plant world
