Sendentarization

Food supply = abundant Territory = smaller Skills = Newly developed

Farmers settled near their lands protected by high stone walls and usually held between 150 and 200 people.

1. Flat lands 2. Fertile soil 3. Near water

Village at Mallaha Village at Murreybet

Occupation Period 10 000 – 8000BC 8000BC

Rivers Most likely Most likely

Main Subsistence Gazelle, boar, deer Graminacae,

Building Shape Round Square

Located in Turkey Home to 7000 people Square/rectangular houses built of bricks No streets. Houses were attached to each other. Interior walls decorated with frescos of bulls, deer,

boars, bears and hunting scenes along with statuettes of mother goddesses for fertility.

1. Population Increase: With the abundance of food, the global population increased

considerably. Along with this increase in population, came an increase in skilled tradesmen, creating;

2. Social Division of Labour: The emergence of new skilled trades added a social division of

labour to the existing sexual division. Mining Basketry Pottery Weaving Metallurgy Warriors

◦Earlier on, the entire village participated in agricultural work, but complex tasks were slowly assigned to specific individuals.

◦These people gave up agriculture. They are no longer linked to perform tasks directly linked to food production.

3. Political Power:

Models of Political organization:◦ Strong Central Authority: A single leader advised by his close

family and friends controls the village and coordinates all major work.

◦ Village Council: This assembly gathers together the families of the village to make community based decisions.

Political power = Social hierarchy.

Skilled trades people were deemed more important and powerful within a group, than mere peasants. They may have received more food from the surplus.

My mother continued her shopping at the same stores, she used to visit, having to travel great distances for food. Is that not the same as having to go and hunt for food? If we were sedentary, why didn’t she simply go to the local stores like the Neolithic individuals tending to their gardens?