The Evolution of Farming

Paleolithic

• 500,000 BC- 10,000 BC
• People burnt plants to create space for new crops.(Newitz)
• Farmed chili pepper, taro, bananas, yam,sweet potato, mango, and black pepper.(Newitz)
• Built “‘garden cities’” in not-very-crowded communitied drenched in cultivated land.(Newitz)
• hunters and gatherers.(Neolithic)

Mesolithic

• 10,000 BC – 4,000 BC
• They could utilize more plant and animal nutrition(Ancient)
• Slashing/Burning drove away pests and ashes nourished the soil to farm more efficiently.(Ancient)
• Plantations brought innovations like the sickle and sandstone grain mills.(Ancient)
• Domestication, both animals and plants, depended on hunters and gatherers (Mesolithic)

Neolithic

• 4,000 BC – 2,300 BC
• Plow was invented which was more efficient to plant seeds and didn’t take human labor and time to manually plant seeds.(Neolithic)
• Barley and wheat were introduced to then be ground up into flour, peas and beans were also farmed.(BBC)
• Flax was grown to then become linen for clothing.(BBC)
• Started farming, pigs, cattle, and sheep, not as much of a need to hunt.(Neolithic)

The Bronze Age

• 2,300 BC – 700 BC
• Plows starting being made of bronze.(Moulton)
• First fields were made by deforestation, possible fencing with drystone barriers.(Prehistoric)
• Prime levees and canals were used for irrigation.(History)
• Field system rotates the crops planted in a number of fields to replenish nutrients in the soil. (Moulton)

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Citations

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Citations

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• Moulton, Sunday. “Bronze Age Farms & Farming Tools.” Study.com, Study.com, study.com/academy/lesson/bronze-age-farms-farming-tools.html.
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• Moulton, Sunday. “The Bronze Age: Inventions, Tools & Technology.” Study.com, Study.com, study.com/academy/lesson/the-bronze-age-inventions-tools-technology.html.

Photo Citations

• Neolithic background: http://sharpsocialstudies.weebly.com/uploads/7/7/3/2/7732433/6280080_orig.j...
• Bronze Age background: https://www.busaccagallery.com/catalog.php?catid=53&itemid=5033
• Photo Citations background: https://sites.google.com/a/brvgs.k12.va.us/wh-15-sem-1-mesopotamia-go/seede...