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Early Mehrgarh had evidence of farming wheat and barley and herding which animals?Read the answer and worked solution →Which grain made up more than 90 percent of Neolithic domesticated crops at Mehrgarh?Read the answer and worked solution →Which cattle breed shows good evidence of local domestication at Mehrgarh?Read the answer and worked solution →Which idea says a drying climate forced people and animals together at oases?Read the answer and worked solution →Why is the Oasis Theory now little supported by archaeologists?Read the answer and worked solution →Robert Braidwood's Hilly Flanks hypothesis placed the start of agriculture in which mountains?Read the answer and worked solution →Which model links early agriculture to power displays through giving feasts?Read the answer and worked solution →How did cereal-based diets of early farmers compare with those of hunter-gatherers?Read the answer and worked solution →Food surplus allowed a new group to arise that did not farm. Who were they?Read the answer and worked solution →Which infectious diseases jumped from animals to humans after domestication?Read the answer and worked solution →What was the Secondary Products Revolution, described by Andrew Sherratt?Read the answer and worked solution →Secondary products made possible nomadic pastoralism where?Read the answer and worked solution →Mehrgarh lies near which pass, west of the Indus River?Read the answer and worked solution →What material were buildings at Mehrgarh Period I made of?Read the answer and worked solution →What did the 2006 Nature report find in the teeth of nine adults at Mehrgarh?Read the answer and worked solution →The first button seals at Mehrgarh were made of terracotta and which other material?Read the answer and worked solution →Togau pottery of Mehrgarh Period III was already made using what?Read the answer and worked solution →What did early Mehrgarh residents use to line their large basket containers?Read the answer and worked solution →Which crops did early Mehrgarh residents cultivate?Read the answer and worked solution →The oldest known example of the lost-wax technique is a copper amulet from which site?Read the answer and worked solution →The oldest ceramic figurines of South Asia found at Mehrgarh were mostly of whom?Read the answer and worked solution →Which leaf design decorated Mehrgarh pottery from Period VI?Read the answer and worked solution →

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Early Mehrgarh had evidence of farming wheat and barley and herding which animals?

  1. Camels and horses
  2. Cattle, sheep, goats
  3. Elephants and tigers
  4. Pigs and llamas
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Correct answer: B. Cattle, sheep, goats

1. Mehrgarh shows herding of cattle, sheep and goats. 2. Camels, horses, elephants, tigers and llamas are not listed. 3. The crops were wheat and barley. _Source: Wikipedia, Neolithic Revolution, section South Asia_

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Which grain made up more than 90 percent of Neolithic domesticated crops at Mehrgarh?

  1. Rice
  2. Barley
  3. Maize
  4. Millet
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Correct answer: B. Barley

1. Barley made up over 90 percent of crops, with a little wheat. 2. Rice, maize and millet were not the main crops there. 3. The wheat varieties seem to have a Near-Eastern origin. _Source: Wikipedia, Neolithic Revolution, section South Asia_

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Which cattle breed shows good evidence of local domestication at Mehrgarh?

  1. Water buffalo
  2. Yak of Tibet
  3. Bison herds
  4. Zebu cattle
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Correct answer: D. Zebu cattle

1. Evidence supports local domestication of barley and zebu cattle at Mehrgarh. 2. Yak, bison and water buffalo are not named there. 3. Wheat varieties are thought to come from the Near East. _Source: Wikipedia, Neolithic Revolution, section South Asia_

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