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Causes or consequences????
Population growth
– Did the increase in population stimulate the need to
develop more reliable and plentiful food source?
– Was the population increase the result of food
availability that could support larger numbers of
humans?
Which come first-agricultural or civilization?
EVIDENCE
Archaeological evidence
– Seed, pollen – telling us the type of plants
– Tools of cultivation----grinding or threshing
– Phytoliths
– Coprolites --- fossilized feces
Radiocarbon dating
– Karbon isotop
– Its ratio (C-12 and C-14) is always stable in our nature
– C-14 is a radioactive and would be decayed to nitrogen-14
and energy ----- a half life of 5700 years
– The point is calculating the ratio !! Between C-12 and C-14
Archaelogical evidence
Domestication vs. cultivation
Cultivation/agriculture/farming
– The process of growing a plant to harvest.
Domestication
– The process of “taming” wild crops and deliberately
manipulating them for our specific purposes
– Controlled by :
Artificial breeding (selective breeding)
– Having a close association with humans
– Fact : PEMBUDIDAYAAN!!!
Radiocarbon Dating
Where did agriculture originate ?
Varied Landscape
– Di daerah pegunungan
– Why ??
There wuld be a great diversity for potential
domestication
Mediterranean climate
– Its climate : mild, wet winter and hot
– High percentage of annual plants
– Self compatible plants (less cross pollinating)
Where did agriculture originate ?
– Legacy effects
Hukum pengembalian (law of return)