Module 1 Agricultural Revolution

Reading Articles related to this module. 

The following article comes from World History Encyclopedia and gives a great general overview of the Neolithic (Agricultural) Revolution. 

https://www.worldhistory.org/article/1937/dynamics-of-the-neolithic-revolution/

The following articles provide some interesting updates on Neolithic research that seemed interesting:

The Science Daily article looks at the interactions between early Neolithic farmers and their interactions with hunter-gatherer groups in the European continent. 

Neolithic Farmers and Hunter Gatherers.pdf 

This JSTOR article looks at how contemporary gender binary definitions limit the study of archaeology of Neolithic groups whom we do now know how they identified their gender identity.  

JSTOR link: https://daily.jstor.org/how-the-gender-binary-limits-archaeological-study/ 

https://docs.google.com/document/d/15Yjbp08_fFAuNce8DAW4fAkQ8ZT-Runqu9qLteBb7AI/edit?usp=sharing

This JSTOR article looks at the age old question, which came first, the bread or the beer? Probably not beer but it is a very interesting read about which did come first, bread or beer and fits in perfectly with our discussion of the Agricultural Revolution. So, what do you think came first and why? 

JSTOR link: https://daily.jstor.org/did-humans-once-live-by-beer-alone-an-oktoberfest-tale/

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Ke2N_PkboRMMyk0e9hfkFJUGhzcPQFJb1edpaVP71HM/edit?usp=sharing