Describe an agricultural two-year cycle using what you have learned from Musha, Egypt

What will be an ideal response?


In the first year, cotton is planted in the summer and wheat in the winter. Maize or sorghum is in the second summer (or the land is left fallow). In the second winter, they plant millet, lentils, and chickpeas.

Anthropology & Archaeology

You might also like to view...

Which of the following animals are least likely to be a source of food in a horticultural society?

A) camels B) sheep C) chicken D) pigs

Anthropology & Archaeology

Answer the following statements true (T) or false (F)

1) Economists have defined the price elasticity of demand using percentages because percentages do not depend on the unit of measurement. 2) A linear demand curve is a constant elasticity of demand cur 3) For a linear demand curve, the point elasticity of demand will be greater at higher prices relative to lower prices. 4) If a 10 percent increase in the price of a good leads to a 5 percent decrease in the quantity demanded of the good, the price elasticity of demand is elastic. 5) The demand for a generic box of 50 paper clips is likely to be inelastic.

Anthropology & Archaeology

The cultural tradition that is found primarily in the Ohio River Valley and its tributaries dating between 2200-1600 BP, that constructed geometric earthworks and effigy mounds, and that is known for its elaborate mortuary rituals is

a. Mississippian. b. Moundville. c. Hopewell. d. Southeastern Ceremonial Complex. e. Missouri River Complex.

Anthropology & Archaeology

Primatology is the study of:

a. human skeletal material. b. diseases in earlier human groups. c. skeletal remains at crime scenes. d. the beginnings of human evolution. e. the biology and behavior of nonhuman primates.

Anthropology & Archaeology