Behavioral Ecology and the Transition to Agriculture (Volume 1) (Origins of Human Behavior and Culture) First Edition

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, the Near East, Africa, and the Pacific―the contributors to this volume examine the transition from hunting and gathering to farming and herding using a broad set of analytical models and concepts.