Section 2: Humans Try to Control Nature
Catal Huyuk
"forked mound" a fertile plain used for farming during the neolithic age
neolithic revolution
agricultural revolution, end of hunter-gatherer living
Ice Man
body preserved in ice found by German hikers, had advanced tools and was from 5,000 years ago
obsidian
dark fertile rock that looks like glass and was used for tools
hunter-gatherers
nomads whose food supply depends on hunting animals and collecting plant foods
domestication
taming animals
slash and burn
farming by cutting trees and grass, burning them to clear a field
nomads
highly mobile people who moved from place to place foraging for food
Jarmo
place where Robert Braidwood found ancient tools, it marked the neolithic revolution
river valleys
place where many farms were during the neolithic revolution because of fertile soil