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Your
Mission, should you decide to accept it:
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Project:
Knowledge & the Transition to Agriculture
Answer the first question; then class will review answers Then do second question, etc. 1. What Knowledge does a member of a hunter gatherer society have? (Analyze men & women separately) Answer 2. What Knowledge does a a member of a hunter gatherer society need to develop a primitive Agricultural society? (Analyze men & women separately) Answer 3. How is Knowledge developed in a hunter gatherer
society? Answer
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Women: Knowledge relates to roles Gatherer: where food is during what season weather/seasons how to get from one place to another what is good to eat, what is not how to get it how to preserve it Home mgt: cooking, fire make clothing & shelter rituals alliances Raising family: babies 2 boyz & girlz; girlz 2 women Cause of procreation mid-wifery skills early socialization & education later soc & ed for girls Men
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What animals to raise How to herd What plants to grow How to clear land, plant, harvest (get seeds & food) How to preserve animal & plant food How to build permanent home Where to live: Weather, seasons, floods, enemies
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Women gathered gained K of plant reproduction over time gained K of what plants were easily grown Women tended tribal settlement gained K of animal reproduction M & W brought in baby wild animals: managed to tame some of them
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