The Birth of the Gods and the Origins of Agriculture (Hardcover)

This innovative study analyzes the great cultural and economic changes occurring in the Near East between 10,000 and 7,000 BC as Palaeolithic societies of hunter-gatherers gave way to village communities of Neolithic food-producers. Challenging the orthodox, materialist interpretations, and drawing on French theories of mentalities, Jacques Cauvin argues that the Neolithic revolution must be understood as an intellectual transformation, revealing itself above all in symbolic activities. He describes the emergence of the first agricultural villages, pastoralism and nomadism, and the diffusion of Neolithic ideas and practice to the region's periphery.

General

Imprint:	Cambridge UniversityPress
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	New Studies in Archaeology
Release date:	July 2000
First published:	2000
Authors:	Jacques Cauvin
Translators:	Trevor Watkins
Dimensions:	256 x 182 x 20mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	288
ISBN-13:	978-0-521-65135-6
Languages:	English
Subtitles:	French
Categories:	Books > Humanities > Archaeology > Archaeology by period / region > Prehistoric archaeology
LSN:	0-521-65135-2
Barcode:	9780521651356

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