A settlement needed to be close to a reliable source of fresh water. A good defensive site would be within a river bend or on a hill. A site safe from flooding and away from marshy areas. Fuel for heating and cooking could be found.
Assimilation Assimilation is when people take in new information and relate it to what we already know. The baby knows that in order to get food she has to suck. She is taking in the new information (the spoon) and relating it to eating (sucking).
