Behavioral Ecology and the Transition to Agriculture: Volume 1

by Douglas J. Kennett

This innovative volume is the first collective effort by archaeologists and ethnographers to use concepts and models from human behavioral ecology to explore one of the most consequential transitions in human history: the origins of agriculture. Carefully balancing theory and detailed empirical study, and drawing from a series of ethnographic and archaeological case studies from eleven locations--including North and South America, Mesoamerica, Europe,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0520246470
• ISBN13: 9780520246478
• Release Date: January 2006
• Publisher: University of California Press
• Length: 408 Pages
• Weight: 2.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 7.4" x 10.3"