ASB 222 Module 3
Abu Hureyra - answerthe process of domesitcation, river and moise grounds (11,000-
9600BC)
Agriculture - answera "set of integrated activities that affects the environment inhabited
by the domesticated plant(or animal) throughout its life cycle"
Agricultural Revolution - answerincreased agricultural production
Ain Ghazal - answerLate Aceramic/ early ceramic, outskirts of Amman, Jordan, juncture
of many ecozones, large sites, under floor burials and heads, shrine statues of lime
AMS dating - answerAccelerator Mass Spectrometry to carbon date
Anatolia - answerTurkey
Ancestral Pueblo - answerNative Americans in the four-corners region
Ceramic Analysis - answerAny technique used to identify ceramic objects
Consequences of Agriculture (for humans) - answerevolution of human biology and
behavior to adapt to needs of domestication, behaviors to increase plant and animal
yield (more farm success), keeping care of animals, sedentism, trash, specialization,
increased population
Consequences of Agriculture (For plants/animals) - answerincreased yield, easier
human management, easier harvesting ,greater uniformity
Consequences of Agriculture (For the Environment) - answerliving in urban societies,
trash issues
Coprolites - answera piece of fossilized dung
Crop Diversification - answeraddition of new crops to a field or agricultural settlement
Dental Caries - answercavities, far more cavities due to lack of cleaning teeth and tough
foods provided
Domestication - answerthe result of the evolution of a mutualistic relationship between
humans and plants or animals
Abu Hureyra - answerthe process of domesitcation, river and moise grounds (11,000-
9600BC)
Agriculture - answera "set of integrated activities that affects the environment inhabited
by the domesticated plant(or animal) throughout its life cycle"
Agricultural Revolution - answerincreased agricultural production
Ain Ghazal - answerLate Aceramic/ early ceramic, outskirts of Amman, Jordan, juncture
of many ecozones, large sites, under floor burials and heads, shrine statues of lime
AMS dating - answerAccelerator Mass Spectrometry to carbon date
Anatolia - answerTurkey
Ancestral Pueblo - answerNative Americans in the four-corners region
Ceramic Analysis - answerAny technique used to identify ceramic objects
Consequences of Agriculture (for humans) - answerevolution of human biology and
behavior to adapt to needs of domestication, behaviors to increase plant and animal
yield (more farm success), keeping care of animals, sedentism, trash, specialization,
increased population
Consequences of Agriculture (For plants/animals) - answerincreased yield, easier
human management, easier harvesting ,greater uniformity
Consequences of Agriculture (For the Environment) - answerliving in urban societies,
trash issues
Coprolites - answera piece of fossilized dung
Crop Diversification - answeraddition of new crops to a field or agricultural settlement
Dental Caries - answercavities, far more cavities due to lack of cleaning teeth and tough
foods provided
Domestication - answerthe result of the evolution of a mutualistic relationship between
humans and plants or animals
