Readings:  section on Eastern North America in The Emergence of Agriculture by Bruce Smith, 1995, available at the library or in my office.

 

                Gremillion, Kristin, "Seed processing and the origins of food production in Eastern North America," in American Antiquity 69(2): 215-233.

 

 

Thought Questions for Tuesday, September 23

 

How did domestication take place in North America?

Where did it take place?

How did domestication affect cultures in the Southeast?

Why were so many small-seeded crops domesticated in eastern North America?

Why did horticulture spread slowly in North America compared to other domestications?