Caption: These artifacts are thought to have been votive offerings by the earliest farming communities who lived in this area. Chemical analysis of charred food residues preserved on inside of a number of these vessels show they were used for processing freshwater fish, which supplemented their fledgling agricultural economy.
Credit: Image courtesy of Anders Fischer
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1 posted on
10/24/2011 4:43:46 PM PDT by
decimon
To: SunkenCiv
2 posted on
10/24/2011 4:44:46 PM PDT by
decimon
To: decimon
Those people who liked to fish continued to fish. That is all. It is fun!
3 posted on
10/24/2011 4:51:25 PM PDT by
Red_Devil 232
(VietVet - USMC All Ready On The Right? All Ready On The Left? All Ready On The Firing Line!)
To: decimon
I did not realize that it was thought that the transition from hunter gatherer to agricultural was rapid...
I would think that like most new technology and knowledge (especially back then) that dispersion would be slower rather than faster...
4 posted on
10/24/2011 4:55:47 PM PDT by
Wpin
("I Have Sworn Upon the Altar of God eternal hostility against every form of tyranny...")
To: decimon
Sounds like somebody is trying to get tenure.
5 posted on
10/24/2011 5:06:47 PM PDT by
keats5
(Not all of us are hypnotized.)
To: decimon; SunkenCiv
One pot showed the charred remains of human flesh, wild rice and dandelion greens. It is the first reported find of hummus in pre-historic Man.
7 posted on
10/25/2011 7:00:48 AM PDT by
wildbill
(You're just jealous because the Voices talk only to me.)
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