The Agricultural Revolution in Prehistory - Why did Foragers become Farmers? (Paperback)

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.

General

Imprint:	Oxford UniversityPress
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	2009
First published:	March 2009
Authors:	Graeme Barker
Dimensions:	234 x 157 x 31mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	616
ISBN-13:	978-0-19-955995-4
Categories:	Books > Humanities > History > World history > BCE to 500 CE Books > Humanities > Archaeology > Archaeology by period / region > Prehistoric archaeology Books > Earth & environment > Geography > Human geography > Economic geography Books > History > World history > BCE to 500 CE
LSN:	0-19-955995-3
Barcode:	9780199559954

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