Anthropology Project: The Development of Agriculture

Instructions: – 5-6 pages double spaced using Times New Roman 12pt font. Please include page numbers. For this essay assignment you need to discuss The Development of Agriculture for broad developments. Discuss what archaeologists know about this topic using specific examples that illustrate how archaeologists have reached an understanding of that particular moment in humanity’s past. Refer to information learned from key archaeological projects in one or more regions/time periods providing examples of sites and/or researchers and the specific analytical methods that they used. You should address all of the following questions thoroughly: This list is intended to get you thinking about HOW archaeologists KNOW and reconstruct past events based on data from artifacts ecofacts and features. Be sure to include specific examples showing how archaeologists addressed the topic. You will need to combine the textbook readings and three [3] outside scholarly sources to adequately address the questions. You should cite these 3 outside sources and the textbook (attached document) regularly within the text and prepare a bibliography of all references cited. The 3 outside sources must be scholarly books and/or journal articles. Web pages do NOT count as one of the three outside scholarly sources. Requirements: 5 pages | .doc file What data was important for understanding that particular development? What specific field methods did archaeologists use to collect that data (consider both survey and excavation if relevant)? How was/were the site(s) dated? Why was/were the dating method(s) appropriate? What archaeological specialists were critical to addressing the topic? What type(s) of laboratory analysis(es) were conducted? Why were they appropriate? What did the analytical result(s) indicate? How did archaeologists combine different lines of evidence to inform us about the broader topic? Why is this research and its conclusions important?