Week 2 - Neolithic Towns and Villages Flashcards
The Neolithic Period (earliest period) in West Asia is defined by what
defined by an advancement in technology
The Fertile Crescent (West Asia)
explain the culture of this region
not a unified region and no cultural unity across this region
Neolithic Period original definiton
stone worked with abrasion, not just fracture
Neolithic Period: later definition
onset of agriculture, complex social structures
What was the land like in Neolithic period
land was overworked from agriculture
what happened at Ca. 10 000 BCE
receding of the glaciers
Plants during this time
domestication of plants
Late 8th millennium BCE
domestication of animals
Catalhoyuk: Proto City
7100-5600 BCE: eastern mound earlier than western mound
Religion at Catalhoyuk
every single act that we can observe seems to blur the boundaries between the everyday and the sacred or special
Building 42 Burial
-skeleton of a woman with the head of a man with plaster on it to recreate facial features in red
-replastered several times
-leopard claw also found in the grave
-buried in the foundation of the house, before the construction of the house
Chaelolithic Period (copper age)
created to denote the transitional period at the end of the Neolithic
Where was Mesopotomia (heart of Near East/West Asia)
the land between the Euphrates and Tigris
Control of food sources in Neolithic times
people no longer needed to move around in order to take advantage of seasonal and fluctuating resources
PPNA houses
round and made of sun-dried mud bricks with a distinctive rounded top / protected by stone wall
