The Agricultural Revolution in Prehistory: Why Did Foragers Become Farmers?

The Agricultural Revolution in Prehistory addresses one of the most debated and least understood revolutions in the history of our species, the change from hunting and gathering to farming. Graeme Barker takes a global view, and integrates a massive array of information from archaeology and
many other disciplines, including anthropology, botany, climatology, genetics, linguistics, and zoology. Against current orthodoxy, Barker develops a strong case for the development of agricultural systems in many areas as transformations in the life-ways of the indigenous forager societies, and
argues that these were as much changes in social norms and ideologies as in ways of obtaining food. With a large number of helpful line drawings and photographs as well as a comprehensive bibliography, this authoritative study will appeal to a wide general readership as well as to specialists in a
variety of fields.


Author: Graeme Barker
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Published: 03/01/2009
Pages: 616
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 2.30lbs
Size: 9.10h x 6.10w x 1.30d
ISBN: 9780199559954

About the Author

Graeme Barker is Disney Professor of Archaeology and Director of the McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research, University of Cambridge.

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