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Trevor Watkins - Origins of Agriculture in the Near East - 9780415221528 - V9780415221528
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Origins of Agriculture in the Near East

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Description for Origins of Agriculture in the Near East paperback. Aimed at students of the archaeology of the Near East, this title presents the story of the momentous transformation of human society and culture in the Near East. It takes us to a time when densely populated villages employed mixed farming methods, and gives an account of the emergence of our human ancestors, and an understanding of their world. Num Pages: 328 pages, 10 black & white tables. BIC Classification: 1FM; 3B; HBJF1; HBLA; HDDC; TV. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156. .

Becoming Neolithic examines the revolutionary transformation of human life that was taking place around 12,000 years ago in parts of southwest Asia. Hunter-gatherer communities were building the first permanent settlements, creating public monuments and symbolic imagery, and beginning to cultivate crops and manage animals.

These communities changed the tempo of cultural, social, technological and economic innovation. Trevor Watkins sets the story of becoming Neolithic in the context of contemporary cultural evolutionary theory. There have been 70 years of international inter-disciplinary research in the field and in the laboratory. Stage by stage, he unfolds an up-to-date understanding of the archaeology, the environmental ... Read more

This well-documented account offers a useful synthesis for students of prehistoric archaeology and anyone with an interest in our prehistoric roots. This new narrative of the first rapid transformation in human evolution is also informative to those interested in cultural evolutionary theory.

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Product Details

Format
Paperback
Publication date
2023
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
328
Condition
New
Number of Pages
222
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780415221528
SKU
V9780415221528
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 4 to 8 working days
Ref
99-3

About Trevor Watkins
Trevor Watkins is an emeritus professor at the University of Edinburgh where he taught prehistoric archaeology of the east Mediterranean and southwest Asia for many years. He led excavations in Cyprus, Syria, Iraq and Turkey. For many years, his research has been focused on the Neolithic period in southwest Asia, between twelve and eight thousand years ago. In recent years, ... Read more

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