From Foraging to Agriculture : : The Levant at the End of the Ice Age / / Donald O. Henry.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter University of Pennsylvania Press Package Archive 1898-1999
• VerfasserIn: Henry, Donald O.,
• Place / Publishing House: Philadelphia : : University of Pennsylvania Press, , [2018]; ©1989
• Year of Publication: 2018
• Language: English
• Series: Anniversary Collection
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (298 p.) :; 77 illus.
• Other title: Frontmatter --; Contents --; Figures --; Tables --; Acknowledgments --; 1. Changes: Causes and Consequences --; 2 An Alternative Explanation: A Composite Model --; 3. Present and Past Environments --; 4. Archaeological Complexes of the Levant: An Overview --; 5. The Mushabian Complex --; 6. The Geometric Kebaran Complex --; 7. The Natufian Complex --; 8. Considering a Universal Cause for Agriculture --; References Cited --; Appendix A: Mushabian Complex Assemblages --; Appendix B: Geometric Kebaran Complex Assemblages --; Appendix C: Natufian Complex Assemblages --; Index
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9781512816822; 9783110442526
• DOI: 10.9783/9781512816822
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: Donald O. Henry.

About 10,000 years ago, humans abandoned three or four million yeas of successful foraging in favor of agriculture-and human society was fundamentally changed. In this book Donald Henry traces the path from simple foraging to agriculture. He challenges several contemporary theories on the origin of agriculture and introduces an alternative model that links the major adaptive shifts to changes in climate, changes in the distribution of resources, and a reduction in human adaptive flexibility.