From Foraging to Agriculture : : The Levant at the End of the Ice Age / / 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...
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Superior document: | Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter University of Pennsylvania Press Package Archive 1898-1999 |
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Place / Publishing House: | Philadelphia : : University of Pennsylvania Press, , [2018] ©1989 |
Year of Publication: | 2018 |
Language: | English |
Series: | Anniversary Collection
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Physical Description: | 1 online resource (298 p.) :; 77 illus. |
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Table of Contents:
- 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