Transitions To Agriculture In Prehistory
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Transitions To Agriculture In Prehistory
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Author : Anne Birgitte Gebauer
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1992
Transitions To Agriculture In Prehistory written by Anne Birgitte Gebauer and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1992 with Social Science categories.
Uebergang zur Landwirtschaft - Prähistorie - Wirtschaftsgeschichte.
Simulating Transitions To Agriculture In Prehistory
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Author : Salvador Pardo-Gordó
language : en
Publisher: Springer
Release Date : 2023-01-26
Simulating Transitions To Agriculture In Prehistory written by Salvador Pardo-Gordó and has been published by Springer this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023-01-26 with Social Science categories.
This book highlights new and innovative approaches to archaeological research using computational modeling while focusing on the Neolithic transition around the world. The transformative effect of the spread and adoption of agriculture in prehistory cannot be overstated. Consequently, archaeologists have often focused their research on this transition, hoping to understand both the ecological causes and impacts of this shift, as well as the social motivations and constraints involved. Given the complex interplay of socio-ecological factors, the answers to these types of questions cannot be found using traditional archaeological methods alone. Computational modeling techniques have emerged as an effective approach for better understanding prehistoric data sets and the linkages between social and ecological factors at play during periods of subsistence change. Such techniques include agent-based modeling, Bayesian modeling, GIS modeling of the prehistoric environment, and the modeling of small-scale agriculture. As more archaeological data sets aggregate regarding the transition to agriculture, researchers are often left with few ways to relate these sets to one another. Computational modeling techniques such as those described above represent a critical next step in providing archaeological analyses that are important for understanding human prehistory around the world. Given its scope, this book will appeal to the many interdisciplinary scientists and researchers whose work involves archaeology and computational social science. Chapter “The Spread of Agriculture: Quantitative Laws in Prehistory?” is available open access under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License via springer.com.
Last Hunters First Farmers
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Author : Theron Douglas Price
language : en
Publisher: School for Advanced Research Press
Release Date : 1995
Last Hunters First Farmers written by Theron Douglas Price and has been published by School for Advanced Research Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1995 with Agricultura categories.
During virtually the entire four-million-year history of our habitation on this planet, humans have been hunters and gatherers, dependent for nourishment on the availability of wild plants and animals. Beginning about 10,000 years ago, however, the most remarkable phenomenon in the course of human prehistory was set in motion. At locations around the world, over a period of about 5,000 years, hunters became farmers. Far more than the domestication of plant and animal species was involved in this revolution, which was accompanied by massive changes in the structure and organization of the societies that adopted agriculture and by a totally new relationship with the environment. Whereas hunter-gatherers live off the land in an extensive fashion, exploiting a diversity of resources over a broad area, farmers utilize the landscape intensively. The implications of these changes in human activity and social organization reverberate down to the present day.
Human Bioarchaeology Of The Transition To Agriculture
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Author : Ron Pinhasi
language : en
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Release Date : 2011-06-24
Human Bioarchaeology Of The Transition To Agriculture written by Ron Pinhasi and has been published by John Wiley & Sons this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-06-24 with Science categories.
A holistic and comprehensive account of the nature of the transition from hunting to farming in prehistory. It addresses for the first time the main bioarchaeological aspects such as changes in mobility, behaviour, diet and population dynamics. This book is of major interest to the relevant audience since it offers for the first time a global perspective on the bioarchaeology of the transition to agriculture. It includes contributions from world-class researchers, with a particular emphasis on advances in methods (e.g. ancient DNA of pathogens, stable isotope analysis, etc.). The book specifically addresses the following aspects associated with the transition to agriculture in various world regions: Changes in adult and subadult stature and subadult growth profiles Diachronic trends in the analysis of functional morphological structures (craniofacial, vault, lower limbs, etc.) and whether these are associated with change in overall sex-specific morphological variability Changes in mobility Changes in behaviour which can be reconstructed from the study of the skeletal record. These include changes in activity patterns, sexual dimorphism, evidence of inter-personal trauma, and the like. Population dynamics and microevolution by examining intra and inter population variations in dental and cranial metric traits, as well as archaeogenetic studies of ancient DNA (e.g. mtDNA markers).
The Agricultural Revolution In Prehistory
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Author : Disney Professor of Archaeology and Director of the McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research Graeme Barker
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Release Date : 2006-10-05
The Agricultural Revolution In Prehistory written by Disney Professor of Archaeology and Director of the McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research Graeme Barker and has been published by Oxford University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2006-10-05 with History categories.
This book addresses one of the most debated and least understood revolutions in the history of our species, the change from foraging (hunting and gathering) to farming. Ten thousand years ago there were few if any communities whom we can properly call farmers; five thousand years later, large numbers of the world's population were farmers, using a wide variety of crops and animals in different combinations in different regions. The possible reasons for the transition have long been one of the most controversial topics in archaeology, and continue to be so. The author integrates a massive array of information from archaeology (including archaeological approaches right across the humanities and science spectrum), together with many other disciplines including anthropology, botany, climatology, genetics, linguistics, and zoology. Against current orthodoxy, he develops a strong case for the parallel development of geographically specific agricultural systems in many areas of the world, transformations in the lifeways of forager societies that in some cases have origins reaching much further back in time that commonly suggested. He argues that the change from foraging to farming was as much about foragers developing new ways of thinking about their relationship to the world they inhabited as about new ways of obtaining food.
The Widening Harvest
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Author : Albert J. Ammerman
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2003
The Widening Harvest written by Albert J. Ammerman and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2003 with History categories.
This volume brings together papers presented at a conference titled The Neolithic Transition in Europe: Looking Back-Looking Forward, held in Venice in 1998. Eighteen chapters address the origins of agriculture; the Neolithic transition in southern, central, and northern Europe; genetic and linguistic aspects of the Neolithic; and future prospects for research and analysis.
Hunters In Transition
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Author : Marek Zvelebil
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 2009-06-18
Hunters In Transition written by Marek Zvelebil and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009-06-18 with Social Science categories.
Hunters in Transition analyses the emergence of post-glacial hunter-gatherer communities and the development of farming.
The Neolithic Demographic Transition And Its Consequences
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Author : Jean-Pierre Bocquet-Appel
language : en
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Release Date : 2008-09-30
The Neolithic Demographic Transition And Its Consequences written by Jean-Pierre Bocquet-Appel and has been published by Springer Science & Business Media this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008-09-30 with Social Science categories.
The transition from hunting and gathering to farming – the Neolithic Revolution – was one of the most signi cant cultural processes in human history that forever changed the face of humanity. Natu an communities (15,100–12,000Cal BP) (all dates in this chapter are calibrated before present) planted the seeds of change, and the Pre-Pottery Neolithic (PPN) (ca. 12,000–ca. 8,350Cal BP) people, were the rst to establish farming communities. The revolution was not fully realized until quite late in the PPN and later in the Pottery Neolithic (PN) period. We would like to ask some questions and comment on a few aspects emphas- ing the linkage between biological and cultural developments during the Neolithic Revolution. The biological issues addressed in this chapter are as follows: × Is there a demographic change from the Natu an to the Neolithic? × Is there a change in the overall health of the Neolithic populations compared to the Natu an? × Is there a change in the diet and how is it expressed? × Is there a change in the physical burden/stress people had to bear with? × Is there a change in intra- and inter-community rates of violent encounters? From the cultural perspective the leading questions will be: × What was the change in the economy and when was it fully realized? × Is there a change in settlement patterns and site nature and organization from Natu an to Neolithic? × Is there a change in human activities and division of labor?
The Origins Of Agriculture In Europe
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Author : I. J. Thorpe
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2003-09-02
The Origins Of Agriculture In Europe written by I. J. Thorpe and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2003-09-02 with Social Science categories.
The Origins of Agriculture in Europe takes a look at current ideas in the light of a considerable mass of literature and archaeological evidence; examining the transition to agriculture through the comparison of social and economic developments across Europe. In this volume, I.J.Thorpe manages to evaluate various alternative explanations in detailed examples, whilst also succeeding in addressing the broader theoretical questions which form the nucleus of contemporary debates. This clearly written and accessible text is an extremely valuable resource for students of European prehistory.
Prehistory Of Agriculture
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Author : Patricia C. Anderson
language : en
Publisher: Cotsen Institute of Archaeology Press
Release Date : 1999-07-01
Prehistory Of Agriculture written by Patricia C. Anderson and has been published by Cotsen Institute of Archaeology Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1999-07-01 with History categories.
The twenty-eight contributors to this book show how experimental and ethnographic approaches are being used to shed new light on the process of domestication, and harvesting techniques, tools and technology in the period just before and just after the appearance of agriculture. The book takes an explicitly comparative approach, with chapters on SW Asia, Europe, Australia and Africa.