Agriculture Hearths (crops)

One of the first to argue that agricultural hearths were independently established at various times and locations.

• Carl Sauer
• Thomas Malthus
• Von Thünen
• Charles Darwin

Raising and caring for animals by humans for protection or food.

• Animal domestication
• Animal taming
• Plant cultivation
• Plant domestication

Probably began when Central Asian hunters domesticated dogs.

• Animal domestication
• Animal taming
• Plant cultivation
• Plant domestication

First: Central Asia - dogs
Then: Southwest Asia - goats and sheep

• Animal domestication
• Animal taming
• Plant cultivation
• Plant domestication

Growing of crops that people planted, raised, and harvested.

• Animal domestication
• Animal taming
• Plant cultivation
• Plant domestication

Probably began after animal domestication.

• Animal domestication
• Animal taming
• Plant cultivation
• Plant domestication

Carl Sauer believed that people first used vegetative planting, growing crops using parts of the stems or roots of existing plants.

• Animal domestication
• Animal taming
• Plant cultivation
• Plant domestication

Hearth Location: barley, wheat, and lentils

• Southwest Asia (Fertile Crescent)
• Southeast Asia
• East Asia
• Sub-Saharan Africa

Hearth Location: Olives

• Southwest Asia (Fertile Crescent)
• Southeast Asia
• East Asia
• Sub-Saharan Africa

Hearth Location: Oats and Rye

• Southwest Asia (Fertile Crescent)
• Southeast Asia
• East Asia
• Sub-Saharan Africa