Ice Age: The Four Types Of Civilization

In this paper, I will be answering question number one which in short asks what the four types of civilization are and where did the people of Catalhoyuk fall. In the Ice Age, we find that the hunter-gathers were more of a simplistic type of people. They made desicions as a whole. Such decisions included where they would go, how long they would stay, what to do if somebody were to break group rules, etc. The group was able to make such decisions as a group because of the limited number of people that were in the group. This small number of people wasnt quite large enough to be a tribe as we see in Native Americans, so we call them a band. A band is exactly what I just described above. Because Ice Age hunter-gathers were few in number and extremly mobile, this kind of social organization worked perfectly for them. However, as we Ice Age …show more content…
One example or find that supports this is their living conditions. At Catalhoyuk we find several homes that were built upon old homes. That is why there is a mound. Not only were the homes built and then rebuilt but they were all right next to eachother. With the size of all the homes and the bone findings, archaeologists speculate that each home provided shelter for 10 people. You only need 100 homes to get a population to exceed more than a thousand people. With a thousand people there would of been a need of multiple authorities to look over the civilization. With the homes being built right on top of eachother, it shows, for me, that the people were close. Perhaps maintaining their trust that their ancestors once needed. Im sure that their was strife amongest them from being so close. It would of been easy for one to steal anothers goods. But for the most part, it seems that the people trusted and even needed one another for their civilization to