Looking at the size and the environmental conditions of the eastern region of Falasia it is clear that there is a very logical reason for the greater number of sites found in this region. The access to consistent water supplies, hunting access in the savannah regions, and the reported …show more content…
In Level 7 there is a 600-year variance in the dating of 500 A.D. This variance can be attributed to the dating of bone collagen which can absorb outside influences or a dating error. The dating of Level 6 is 450 +- 120 A.D. this juxtaposition of levels can be looked at as natural factors affecting the area, a geological even, or even flooding of the area. The inconsistency forces a use of contextual clues. These clues point to a slow shift away from a pure hunter gatherer society. Like Mugola, there is an appearance of domestic animals into the record. In Level 7, 25% of the bones found were of the domestic variety, goats and cattle. This is where there is the interdiction of pottery seen in the record of Kiwore as well. Mainly Black Ware, and what is listed as other. Traces of chard millet were found on the shards of Black Ware, though which level of the strata was not indicated. If the find is on these levels during the shift, millet can be gathered from the wild, but in the higher levels the development of agriculture in the form a crops could be