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Mixed Harvest - Stories from the Human Past (Hardcover)
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Mixed Harvest - Stories from the Human Past (Hardcover)
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Short stories about the deep past and those who lived through
millennia of exploration, hardship, and uncertainty during the
evolution of farming. Winner of the 2019 Nautilus Book Award,
Multicultural and Indigenous "Swigart is to be congratulated for
giving us a series of connected short stories that are both
entertaining and educational. The book is accurately grounded in
archaeological facts, and its individual stories are thoroughly
believable. Its particular format should be emulated by all those
wishing to blend fact and fiction, not just as entertainment but as
education, too."-Journal of Eastern Mediterranean Archaeology and
Heritage Studies In unforgettable stories of the human journey, a
combination of compelling storytelling and well-researched
archaeology underscore an excavation into the deep past of human
development and its consequences. Through a first encounter between
a Neanderthal woman and the Modern Human to the emergence and
destruction of the world's first cities, Mixed Harvest tells the
tale of the Neolithic Revolution, also called the (First)
Agricultural Revolution, the most significant event since modern
humans emerged. Rob Swigart's latest work humanizes the rapid
transition to agriculture and pastoralism with a grounding in the
archaeological record. From the introduction: In the space of a few
thousand years agriculture dominated the earth. We live with it all
around us. History began, cities soared, the landscape was
crisscrossed with roads.... Each story is prefaced by a short
introduction and followed by some context in order to stitch the
narrative together. Some stories are linked, but most are
independent. The stories are gathered into three chapters:
"Shelter," "House," and "Home." These represent a progression in
where we lived, a series of transformations in technology and
consciousness.
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