Monday, January 17, 2011

From earliest times, people have changed their environments. How have people today changed their environment. Discuss both the good and the bad


He as humans create many changes in our enviroments, some are good and some are bad, one of the bad ones for example would be the damage we do to our environment, not all of the changes are bad though.
People changed their environments based on their needs for instance: The hunter gatherers changed their houses to have space for a surplus of food when they started farming.Before we used to live in clay houses with small needs, but gradually our needs increased and the damage we did increased with it
. One of the bad changes started with the surplus of food and came with farming, when we had a surplus of food we wanted more and more and became greedier.To create such large amounts of food the quality had to fall, the food became genetically modified so that larger quantities could be created.
All in all, we have changed alot over time and i believe these changes will continue, but i also think the negative to positive relationship isnt even meaning that there are more bad changes being made.

Wednesday, January 12, 2011

Why is catalhoyuk an important site?

I believe Catal Hoyuk is important because it is from the time period when farming began which was also known as one of the first revolutions. Catal Hoyuk is important because it tells us a lot about how the early people lived, which we can not see in all sites. This site is also great because it is very acessible and very well preserved. I believe Catal Coyuk is important because it shows the transition between farming and huntergathering which is an important time in the early human timeline.