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96 Cards in this Set
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GATHERING VEGETABLES CAN LEAD TO
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ACCIDENTAL PLANT-TENDING
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THE SELECTING OF WHAT CAN ALSO CHANGE THINGS
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FOODS WITH BETTER TRAITS
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CULTIVATION SUGGESTS
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PPL DISRUPTING THE LIFE CYCLE OF A PLANT FOR MORE GAIN
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2 FORMS OF CULTIVATION:
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WEEDING AND PRUNING
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USUALLY DUE TO THIS
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A HIGHER YIELD IS THE RESULT
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IT IS IMPOSSIBLE TO
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TELL THOUGH FROM THE REMAINS WE HAVE
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EVEN POKING THE SOIL WITH A STICK
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CAN AERATE IT
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TRANSPLANTING IS MUCH MORE
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DELIBERATE
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A TRANSPLANTED PLANT WILL REQUIRE
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TENDING FOR THE REST OF ITS CYCLE
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THIS MAY ALSO LEAD TO THE SAME KIND OF
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PICKING-AND-CHOOSING
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HISTORIC NATIVE AMERICANS OFTEN TRANSPLANTED 2
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CEREMONIAL OR MEDICINAL PLANTS
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SOWING SEEDS CAN BE SEEN AS
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A FORM OF TRANSPLANTING
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EARLY CULTIVATION WAS PROBABLY AIMED AT PRODUCING
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SEASONAL SUPPLEMENTS TO BROAD-BASED VEGGIE DIETS
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THEY WOULD SIMPLY PROVIDE A BETTER ... FOR FOOD
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GUARANTEE
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THE FINAL STAGE IN THE PROCESS OF FOOD PRODUCTION?
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PLANT DOMESTICATION
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AT THIS POINT, PLANTS ARE GROWN BASED ON
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SELECTION OF USEFUL TRAITS
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THIS KIND OF PLANT CAN'T
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SURVIVE WITHOUT HUMAN HELP
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"FIELD AGRICULTURE" IS BASED ON THE IDEA OF
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LAND WHERE ONLY A FEW SPECIES ARE GROWN IN CAREFUL COMBINATION
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ONE OF THE MAIN QUESTIONS ABOUT AGRICULTURE?
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WHY DID PEOPLE CHANGE TO IT?
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SOMETIMES, WHEN FOOD WAS SCARCE OR UNPREDICTABLE, IT COULD HAVE
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BEEN A LITTLE EASIER
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BEFORE 5000 BC WHICH 3?
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CORN, SQUASH, AND BEANS
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WHERE?
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MESOAMERICA
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THEY DIDN'T APPEAR IN NA FOR
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CENTURIES
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RICHARD FORD HAS GROUPED THESE MAIN 3 INTO (T-U-S-A-C)
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THE UPPER SONORAN AGRICULTURAL COMPLEX
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MAIZE FARMING REQUIRES A LOT OF
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SEDENTARY LIVING
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OCCASIONALLY, THOUGH, THERE WOULD HAVE BEEN
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CONTACT WITH NOMADIC HG PPL
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THE OPPORTUNITY FOR ADOPTING THE CROPS WAS PROBABLY
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PRESENT LONG BEFORE ANYONE THOUGHT IT WAS WORTH DOING
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THE MAIN PRO
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PREDICTABILITY
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A PERIOD OF UNCERTAIN EXTRA RAINFALL MADE HG
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HIGH-RISK
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DURING FOOD SHORTAGE, WHAT WOULD ALSO BE TOUGH
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FIGHTING OVER TERRITORY
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ANOTHER POSSIBILITY OCCURS AT BISON-HUNTING AREAS: GROWING THINGS DUE TO
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THE NEED FOR SUPPLEMENTAL PLANTS
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INITIALLY, FORAGERS PROBABLY ACCEPT CROPS TO
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BECOME BETTER FORAGERS
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MAYBE CROPS WERE JUST FOR
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SEASONAL SHORTAGES
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THE ORIGINS OF HORTICULTURE SEEM TO BE DIRECTLY RELATED TO AN IMBALANCE BTWN 2
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POPULATION AND AVAILABLE RESOURCES
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FARMING MAY HAVE INCREASED THE DIVISION OF
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LABOUR
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IN WHICH SOCIETY
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ARCHAIC
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TEOSINTE IS THE WILD GRASS
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THAT CORN EVOLVED FROM
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TEHUACAN MEXICO IS WHERE RICHARD MACNEISH
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TRACED THE EMERGENCE OF CORN TO
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HE DISCOVERED THE CHANGES IN CORN BY EXCAVATING ...AMONG OTHER SITES
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COXCATLAN CAVE
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CORN IS ONLY AN EFFECTIVE STAPLE
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WHEN GROWN ALONG OTHER THINGS
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LIKE BEANS OR SQUASH THAT PROVIDE THE NECESSARY
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PROTEIN
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CHAPALOTE IS THE FIRST
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CORN IN THE SW
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SOME EARLY (1750-1650BC) CORN EVIDENCE WAS FOUND IN THE SW AT
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THREE FIR SHELTER
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NEAR
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FLAGSTAFF, ARIZONA
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ALTHOUGH IT IS UNCERTAIN IF THIS WAS THE EARLIEST OR NOT, IT IS CERTAIN THAT ...WAS PRESENT FOR THE INTRODUCTION TO CORN
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HIGHER RAINFALL
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THE HYBRID MAIZE THAT FOLLOWED CAN BE FOUND AT SUCH WELL-KNOWN SITES AS
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BAT CAVE
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THE KEY DEV'T CORN IN THE SW
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MAIZ DE OCHO
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BY ABOUT AD 600
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MAIZE DEPENDENCY WAS COMPLETE
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THE SANTA CRUZ BEND SITE BENEFITTED FROM
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FLOODPLAIN MAIZE AGRICULTURE
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MAIZE DATING TO ABOUT 1900BC HAS BEEN FOUND AT ... NEAR FENCE LAKE SOUTH OF ZUNI
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THE OLD CORN SITE
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A RACHIS IS
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THE HINGE THAT HOLDS THE KERNEL TO THE STALK
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MAIZ DE OCHO IS ALSO KNOWN AS
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NEW ENGLAND FLINT CORN
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THE MOST IMPORTANT FACTOR WITH CORN IS
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WATER
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THE PPL BECAME EXPERTS AT CHOOSING
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SOIL
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THE FARMERS FAVORED 2
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FLOODPLAINS AND ARROYOS
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THE WIDE DISPERSAL OF GARDENS FROM ONE ANOTHER WAS FOR
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RISK MANAGEMENT
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BY 500BC, WHAT PROBABLY APPEARED IN THE SW?
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COMMON BEANS
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BEANS AND CORN
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COMPLEMENT EACH OTHER
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THE LYSINE IN BEANS HELPS TO
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DIGEST THE CORN
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THEY RETURN WHAT TO THE GROUND
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THE NITROGEN THAT THE CORN TAKES
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THEREFORE SOIL
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REMAINED FERTILE LONGER
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THE MAIZE IN THE SW WAS ...-RESISTANT
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DROUGHT
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BY 200BC, SW GRPS HAD BECOME
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LESS MOBILE
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BUT IT WASN'T UNTIL AD600-800 THAT WHAT APPEARED IN ANY NUMBERS
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PERMANENT VILLAGES
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EVERYONE NOW RELIED MORE ON EFFICIENT
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STORAGE
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HOUSES AND SETTLEMENTS
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BECAME LARGER AND MORE PERMANENT
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IN SOME PARTS OF NA LIKE THE MIDWESTERN RIVER BOTTOMS, SEDENTARY SETTLEMENTS APPEAR TO HAVE DEV'D
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LONG BEFORE AGRICULTURE
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IN THE SW, AGRICULTURE WAS
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NECESSARY FOR A SEDENTARY LIFESTYLE
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SIZES OF SEDENTARY SETTLEMENTS
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VARIED A LOT
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BASED ON OPPORTUNITIES IN THE 2
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ENVIRONMENT AND FOR FARMING
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THE N SW EARLY VILLAGES WERE SOMETIMES STILL GROUPED UNDER THE LOOSE TERM
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BASKETMAKER
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IMPROVEMENTS WERE MADE IN
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GRINDING IMPLEMENTS
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IN ABOUT AD200, WHAT APPEARS IN THE SW?
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POTTERY
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BOILING STORED MAIZE AND BEANS MAXIMIZED THEIR
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NUTRITIONAL VALUE
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PITHOUSES WERE GOOD BECAUSE THEY ... ESPECIALLY IN THE WINTER
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RETAINED HEAT
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PITHOUSES SHAPE
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OFTEN ROUND
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THE ENTRANCES
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ROOF HATCHES ACCESSED WITH A LADDER
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RECTANGULAR HOUSES BUILT IN PITS, THE ROOF AND WALLS BEING FORMED OF POLES, REEDS, GRASS, AND MUD WITH SMALL HEARTHS JUST INSIDE THE ENTRANCES:
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LOWER SONORAN DESERT HOUSES
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IN ALL BUT THE SMALLEST HOHOKAM VILLAGE, AT LEAST ONE STRUCTURE SEEMS TO BE
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SET ASIDE FOR SPECIAL PURPOSES, LIKE AS A PIT HOUSE
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SHABIK'ESCHEE VILLAGE IN CHACO CANYON, NM, HAD ONE WEIRD PIT HOUSE WITH A BENCH ALONG THE INTERIOR THAT WAS BELIEVED TO BE A
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CEREMONIAL BUILDING
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BY AD 700-900, KIVA-LIKE STRUCTURES WERE
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COMMONPLACE IN THE C SW
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ANY LONG-DISTANCE EXCHANGE OF ESSENTIALS AND LUXURIES BY FARMING CULTURES USUALLY RESULTS IN SOME FORM OF
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RANKED SOCIETY
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TRADE WAS APPARENTLY HIGHLY ORGANIZED, AND CONDUCTED BY
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LOCAL LEADERS
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SOME KIVAS MAY HAVE SERVED AS CENTERS FOR
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EXCHANGE SYSTEMS
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WHEN THINGS WERE UNPREDICTABLE, SURVIVAL OFTEN DEPENDED ON
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SOCIAL TIES WITH OTHER VILLAGES
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LUXURY GOODS WERE PRACTICAL IN THAT THEY
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COULD LATER BE TRADED FOR FOOD IF NEEDED
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ONE OF THE MAJOR TYPES OF THINGS TRADED FOR
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RITUAL OBJECTS
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GIFTS WOULD BE
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RECIPROCATED
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IN SW STRUCTURES, ABOUT HALF OF ALL ROOMS WERE
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USED FOR STORAGE
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STRUCTURED ALLIANCES OFTEN INVOLVED ONE OR MORE
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CENTRAL SITES
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BASICALLY UNIFORM
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ARCHITECTURE
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RELATIVELY HOMOGENEOUS
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CERAMIC STYLES
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SOME SIGNS OF SPECIAL
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CRAFTSMANSHIP
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REGULAR PRACTICE OF
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TRADE AND EXCHANGE
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SOME DEGREE OF
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SOCIAL RANKING
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ALLIANCES ALWAYS SEEMED TO BE ASSOCIATED WITH DRAMATIC
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POPULATION INCREASE
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