ISBN: 9780521109574 - hunters in transition: mesolithic societies of temperate eurasia and their transition to farming (new directions in archaeology) (5 Ergebnisse)

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Zustand: New. Hunters in Transition analyses the emergence of post-glacial hunter-gatherer communities and the development of farming. Series: New Directions in Archaeology. Num Pages: 204 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1D; 1F; 3B; HDDA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 213 x 280 x 11. Weight in Grams: 496. . 2010. 1st Edition. paperback. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland. …

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Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Druck auf Anfrage Neuware - Printed after ordering - Hunters in Transition analyses one of the crucial events in human cultural evolution: the emergence of post-glacial hunter-gatherer communities and the development of farming. Traditionally, the advantages of settled agriculture have been assumed and the transition to farming has been viewed in terms of the simple dispersal of early farming communities northwards across Europe. The contributors to this volume adopt a fresh, more subtle approach. Farming is viewed from a hunter-gatherer perspective as offering both advantages and disadvantages, organisational disruption during the period of transition and far-reaching social consequences for the existing way of life. The hunter-gatherer economy and farming in fact shared a common objective: a guaranteed food supply in a changing natural and social environment. Drawing extensively on research in eastern Europe and temperate Asia, the book argues persuasively for the essential unity of all post-glacial. adaptations whether leading to the dispersal of farming or the retention and elaboration of existing hunter-gatherer strategies.…