History of the World podcast Vol 1 Ep 17 - The origin of villages ( Çatalhöyük / Jericho )
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Seasonal Sedentary Life Of Early Jomon
- Early Jomon villagers practiced seasonal sedentism without farming, living in summer hamlets with thatched huts and drying salmon on frames.
- The host describes families using clay pots, pit-hearths with smoke channels, and moving to winter settlements each year.
Pollen Reveals Farming Before Clear Archaeology
- Palaeontology (pollen study) can reveal early cultivation before visible farming artifacts appear by showing changing seed and pollen profiles over time.
- At Tell Abu Hureyra pollen and seed cores suggest rye cultivation began by ~11,500 BCE, possibly triggered by Younger Dryas droughts.
Climate Stress Drove Early Village Farming
- Tell Abu Hureyra shows a transition from Natufian hunter-gatherers to early cultivators as climate stress forced larger groups to settle and farm.
- Excavations indicate round thatched huts, ~200 residents initially, and a shift to larger cultivated seeds during drought.