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Behavioral ecology and the transition to agriculture / edited by Douglas J. Kennett and Bruce Winterhalder

by Douglas J. Kennett, Bruce Winterhalder

This volume applies human behavioural ecology to the global transition from foraging to agriculture. Using archaeological and ethnographic case studies, it employs analytical models such as diet breadth and risk sensitivity to examine the origins of domestication.

Accession 4679 ISBN 0520246470 Publisher University of California Press
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