The neolithic revolution in the Near East : transforming the human landscape /

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One of humanitys most important milestones was the transition from hunting and gathering to food production and permanent village life. This Neolithic Revolution first occurred in the Near East, changing the way humans interacted with their environment and each other, setting the stage, ultimately,...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Simmons, Alan H.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Tucson : University of Arizona Press, 2010.
Temas:
Agriculture, Prehistoric > Middle East > Case studies.
Domestication > Middle East > Case studies.
Hunting and gathering societies > Middle East > Case studies.
Hunting, Prehistoric > Middle East > Case studies.
Neolithic period > Middle East > Case studies.
Pottery, Prehistoric > Middle East > Case studies.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > General.
Agriculture, Prehistoric.
Antiquities.
Domestication.
Hunting and gathering societies.
Hunting, Prehistoric.
Neolithic period.
Pottery, Prehistoric.
Middle East > Antiquities > Case studies.
Moyen-Orient > Antiquités > Études de cas.
Middle East.
Case studies.
Études de cas.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • Contents
  • List of Illustrations
  • Foreword
  • Ofer Bar-Yosef
  • Preface to the Paperback Edition
  • Acknowledgments
  • 1. Thirty Years in the Trenches
  • 2. Theories on Why People Became Food Producers
  • 3. Environmental Context
  • Case Study 1. Neolithic Cobble Layers
  • 4. The Natufian: The First Villagers?
  • Small Steps with Big Consequences
  • 5. A Tumultuos Time: Villagers and Others During the Pre-Pottery Neolithic A
  • Case Study 2. Nachcharini Cave
  • 6. Courses Toward Complexity: Florescence During the Pre-Pottery Neolithic B
  • Case Study 3. The Negev PPNB Hunters and GatherersCase Study 4. Ghwair I
  • 7. Megasites in Jordan and the End of the PPN
  • Case Study 5. The Jordanian Megasites
  • 8. The Pottery Neolithic and the Beginnings of Regional Cultures
  • Case Study 6. Tel Wadi Feinan
  • 9. And on the Islands: The Colonization of Cyprus
  • Case Study 7. Research in Cyprus
  • 10. The Path to the Present: Genesis and Exodus
  • The Neolithic Experience
  • References Cited
  • Index

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