How did the development of agriculture impact Neolithic societies in the Near East?
The development of agriculture started about 9000 B.C.E where people settling in the Near East created the system of planting, gathering, and raising animals. The Neolithic period has renovated the way humans live in order to sustain the growth of population. The Neolithic society began to realize the size of the population increases their demands for food must coordinate with the steady growth. During these times they created a way of idealizing their lands and properties that cultivated plants and domesticated animals for convenient food sources. Therefore, the previous era which was known to be the Paleolithic was a time when people would only hunt and search for food. Agriculture not only supports the population growth but it emphasizes the evolution of hand-tools, trade, hierarchies and cultural influences.
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However, in order to keep a constants pace with the social environment humans needed to develop hand-tools to keep up the demand for food. Hand-tools are useful in different climate condition, areas where hands are incapable of reaching objects, and a tool that is effective to support building structures.. Giv’ at Kipod is a place now known to be located in Israel is considered to be one of the major areas where bifacial tools were used. According to Rosenberg and Gluhak, Giv’at Kipod was a vital production society for many centuries and primarily distributing tools locally and broadly in remote areas. In doing so, the tools are used for different purposes such as smashing nuts, constructing buildings, and diggings hole for planting seeds. The founding of the tools during the Neolithic period were socially in use in different regions where artifacts of them are being shown in Israel, Turkey, Jordan and