AGRICULTURAL REVOLUTION

HUNTING AND GATHERING:exploit many resources lightly rather than to depend

heavily on only a few

HUNTING AND GATHERING:little specialization of roles

PASTORALISM:herding of domesticated / partially domesticated

animals

Emergence of Agriculture:sedentism

Earliest agricultural sites

New Mode of Life

Dependency on few plants

Greater vulnerability to weather

Complete dependency on harvest times

Need for intense physical labor

Opportunities of the new way of life

permanent dwellings

specialization

wealth

Develop cultural practices for disposing of wastes and maintaining a hygienic environment

Population Growth and Epidemic Diseases

Technology Necessary for Agriculture

Preparing the Seed-Bed

Gathering or harvesting cereal crops

Develop the knowledge and techniques for processing grain

Household objects made of baked clay

Technological Specialization

Agriculture means modifying the environment in order to exploit it more effectively

Erosion

Maize

Domestication of Animals

Social Consequences

• security

• government

• hierarchy

Emergence of Elites:chieftainship

Urban Life

Agriculture:whole spectrum of cultural changes and

adaptations