Today we continued to watch the movie Guns,Germs, and Steel. This part of the movie was about Jarred Diamoned studying the hunting ways of the natives of Papua New Guinea. The women gather the foods. They often gather sego, a food that comes from a tree. Each tree can produce 70 pounds of sego. The also gathered wheat from Fields. The men hunt food. They often hunt deer or elk in the forest near their village.
Another part of the movie was about the island having one of the earliest settlements in the world. Archaeologists conclude that this is the first time people ever settled together in one place. This was a time of scarcity. This is were farming came from because they started to grow their own food. The planted fields of wheat and barley. They often moved where there was a source of water. They used every thing they had to make their lives better. For example they used sego from the trees but also used the bark and wood for other things. Archaeologists say that there has been farming for more then 1,000 years before others discovered farming.
This is an excellent summary of what we saw and discussed in class - just what I'm looking for in your blogs.
ReplyDeleteKeep up the good work, Rita.