Review the Week Five Final Paper instructions and trace the context of one of the five topics From prehistory to c. 1500 CE
You must use at least four academic sources with at least two coming from academic-level sources found in the Ashford University Library. Academic sources are sometimes referred to as scholarly sources. You must also use one primary source that cannot be from the weekly Required Reading lists but may be from the weekly Recommended Reading lists.
For an explanation of what is considered an academic source, see the AU Policy on Academic Research located within the Student Responsibilities and Policies tab in the left navigation toolbar in your online course, as well as the following AU Writing Center documents: 4.1 Student Writing Standards and 8.2 How to Research Secondary Sources.
How have women's lives, roles, and statuses varied and changed over various early world history eras and culture areas? Be sure to cover at least four different periods/areas.
Must be eight to ten double-spaced pages in length, and formatted according to APA style as outlined in the Ashford Writing Center.
Must include a title page with the following:
Title of paper
Student’s name
Course name and number
Instructor’s name
Date submitted
Women gathered wild grains, fruits, nuts, and melons. Using digging sticks and carrying bags, they also collected edible roots and tubers, as well as bugs like termites, caterpillars, and locusts. Though meat was especially prized, modern anthropologists have found that in foraging societies women contribute more calories to the general diet than do men. Women were probably behind many of the major inventions of prehistoric times, a researcher said Monday.
''Women may be responsible for the major technological innovations in prehistory _ the invention of pottery, horticulture and agriculture, basket making, weaving and textiles,'' said Joan Gero.
Gero, an assistant professor of