What Is Agricultural Production? Where and When Was It First

question 47

Essay

What is agricultural production? Where and when was it first seen in the archaeological record? What technologies does this subsistence strategy use? Name three social, political, and demographic features of agricultural societies that are not found in horticultural, pastoral, or foraging lifestyles.

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Definitions:

Stem

The main body or stalk of a plant, which supports leaves, flowers, and fruits, and transports fluids between the roots and the rest of the plant.

Stipule

One of a pair of scalelike or leaflike structures found at the base of certain leaves.

Palisade Mesophyll

The layer of closely packed, elongated cells found under the upper epidermis of leaves, responsible for most of the photosynthesis in plants.

Photosynthesis

This is a process where green plants and a few other life forms use sunlight to generate nutrients from water and carbon dioxide.