The Agricultural Revolution in Prehistory: Why Did Foragers Become Farmers? - Couverture rigide

Barker, Graeme

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0199281092 ISBN 13 : 9780199281091

Editeur : Oxford University Press, 2006

Synopsis

The Agricultural Revolution in Prehistory addresses one of the most debated and least understood revolutions in the history of our species, the change from hunting and gathering to farming. Graeme Barker takes a global view, and integrates a massive array of information from archaeology and many other disciplines, including anthropology, botany, climatology, genetics, linguistics, and zoology. Against current orthodoxy, Barker develops a strong case for the development of agricultural systems in many areas as transformations in the life-ways of the indigenous forager societies, and argues that these were as much changes in social norms and ideologies as in ways of obtaining food. With a large number of helpful line drawings and photographs as well as a comprehensive bibliography, this authoritative study will appeal to a wide general readership as well as to specialists in a variety of fields.

A propos du livre

À propos de l?auteur

Graeme Barker is Disney Professor of Archaeology, and Director of the McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research, University of Cambridge.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Oxford University Press
• Date d'édition: 2006
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0199281092
• ISBN 13: 9780199281091
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 598
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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