What are three examples of early settlements in the Post-Ice Age era? Briefly describe how these peoples used their surroundings to support their communities

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A. Natufian from an example at Natuf in what is now Israel
1) foragers who lived in these communities kept to themselves
2) used gazelle toe bones for jewelry; some preferred fox teeth and partridge legs
3) cut what look like plans of their fields on limestone slabs, which suggests that they were territorial—that they had a sense of possession that farmers would recognize
4) gathered food, rather than producing it themselves
5) harvested wild grasses
6) diet rich in seeds and nuts
B. Jomon people of central Honshu Island in Japan
1) lived in permanent villages 13,000 years ago
2) fed themselves by fishing and gathering acorns and chestnuts
3) made pots for display, in elaborate shapes, modeled on flames and serpents, and lacquered them with tree sap
C. Nabta Playa in the Egyptian Sahara
1) had access to forty plant species, including sorghum, a type of cereal grass
2) evidence of settled life included hearths and pit ovens
D. GöbekliTepe, a hilltop site in southeast Turkey
1) lived mainly by gathering wild wheat
2) made artistic carvings of snakes, boar, gazelles, cranes, and symbols that look like writing