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Behavioral Ecology and the Transition to Agriculture

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Description for Behavioral Ecology and the Transition to Agriculture Hardback. Explores one of the most consequential transitions in human history: the origins of agriculture. Drawing from a series of ethnographic and archaeological case studies from eleven locations, this title examines the transition from hunting and gathering to farming and herding using a set of analytical models and concepts. Editor(s): Kennett, Douglas J.; Winterhalder, Bruce. Series: Origins of Human Behavior and Culture. Num Pages: 407 pages, 3 b/w photographs, 31 line illustrations, 22 maps, 30 tables. BIC Classification: PSAF; TV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 260 x 188 x 33. Weight in Grams: 1088.
This innovative volume is the first collective effort by archaeologists and ethnographers to use concepts and models from human behavioral ecology to explore one of the most consequential transitions in human history: the origins of agriculture. Carefully balancing theory and detailed empirical study, and drawing from a series of ethnographic and archaeological case studies from eleven locations - including North and South America, Mesoamerica, Europe, the Near East, Africa, and the Pacific - the contributors to this volume examine the transition from hunting and gathering to farming and herding using a broad set of analytical models and concepts. These include ... Read more

Product Details

Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Number of pages
407
Condition
New
Series
Origins of Human Behavior and Culture
Number of Pages
408
Place of Publication
Berkerley, United States
ISBN
9780520246478
SKU
V9780520246478
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About Kennett Dj
Douglas J. Kennett, Associate Professor of Anthropology at the University of Oregon, is author of The Island Chumash (California, 2005). Bruce Winterhalder, Professor of Anthropology and the Graduate Group in Ecology at the University of California, Davis, is coeditor of Evolutionary Ecology and Human Behavior (1992) and Hunter-Gatherer Foraging Strategies (1981).

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