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Behavioral ecology and the transition to agriculture [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Douglas J. Kennett, Bruce Winterhalder
| Behavioral ecology and the transition to agriculture [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Douglas J. Kennett, Bruce Winterhalder |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2006 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (409 p.) |
| Disciplina | 306.3/64 |
| Altri autori (Persone) |
KennettDouglas J
WinterhalderBruce |
| Collana | Origins of Human Behavior and Culture |
| Soggetto topico |
Agriculture - Origin
Agriculture, Prehistoric Human behavior Human ecology Human evolution |
| Soggetto non controllato |
agriculture
andes animal domestication arabia archaeology arizona cumberland domestic animals early civilization ecology environment food production foraging fremont hbe highlands history human behavior human behavioral ecology hunting and gathering indigenous culture indigenous people land use madagascar maize mikea neotropics new guinea nonfiction oceania pacific coast plant domestication rain barrier science valencia wild animals |
| ISBN |
1-282-75943-4
9786612759437 0-520-93245-5 1-59875-917-5 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- Contents -- Contributors -- Foreword -- Preface -- 1. Behavioral Ecology and the Transition from Hunting and Gathering to Agriculture -- 2. A Future Discounting Explanation for the Persistence of a Mixed Foraging-Horticulture Strategy among the Mikea of Madagascar -- 3. Central Place Foraging and Food Production on the Cumberland Plateau, Eastern Kentucky -- 4. Aspects of Optimization and Risk During the Early Agricultural Period in Southeastern Arizona -- 5. A Formal Model for Predicting Agriculture among the Fremont -- 6. An Ecological Model for the Origins of Maize-Based Food Production on the Pacific Coast of Southern Mexico -- 7. The Origins of Plant Cultivation and Domestication in the Neotropics -- 8. Costly Signaling, the Sexual Division of Labor, and Animal Domestication in the Andean Highlands -- 9. Human Behavioral Ecology, Domestic Animals, and Land Use during the Transition to Agriculture in Valencia, Eastern Spain -- 10. Breaking the Rain Barrier and the Tropical Spread of Near Eastern Agriculture into Southern Arabia -- 11. The Emergence of Agriculture in New Guinea -- 12. The Ideal Free Distribution, Food Production, and the Colonization of Oceania -- 13. Human Behavioral Ecology and the Transition to Food Production -- 14. Agriculture, Archaeology, and Human Behavioral Ecology -- References -- Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910783669803321 |
| Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2006 | ||
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The view from Bald Hill [[electronic resource] ] : thirty years in an Arizona grassland / / Carl E. Bock and Jane H. Bock ; with a foreword by Harry W. Greene
| The view from Bald Hill [[electronic resource] ] : thirty years in an Arizona grassland / / Carl E. Bock and Jane H. Bock ; with a foreword by Harry W. Greene |
| Autore | Bock Carl E. <1942-> |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2000 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (226 p.) |
| Disciplina | 577.4/09791/79 |
| Altri autori (Persone) | BockJane H |
| Collana | Organisms and environments |
| Soggetto topico | Grassland ecology - Arizona - Appleton-Whittell Research Ranch Sanctuary |
| Soggetto non controllato |
1500s
academic american southwest animal sanctuary arizona breeding animals domestic livestock domestic ecological ecology fieldwork grasslands grazing cattle grazing livestock habitats livestock natural history natural world raising animals raising cattle raising horses raising sheep ranch life regional research sanctuary scholarly southwestern united states species |
| ISBN |
1-59734-977-1
1-282-37069-3 9786612370694 0-520-92426-6 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- CONTENTS -- ILLUSTRATIONS -- TABLES -- FOREWORD -- PREFACE -- One. THE GRASSLANDS OF CORONADO -- Two. ON BEING THE CONTROL -- Three. WAITING FOR RAIN -- Four. FENCELINES -- Five. HERPS -- Six. ISLANDS OF FIRE -- Seven. OAKS,ACORNS, AND RUGGED GROUPS -- Eight. LITTLE BROWN BIRDS -- Nine. FRAGMENTS -- Ten. THE NEST BOX EXPERIMENT -- Eleven. PLAINS LOVEGRASS -- Twelve. COTTON RATS AND REAL DOGS -- Thirteen. ALIENS -- Fourteen. THE WORLD IS FULL OF LIFE -- Appendix. SCIENTIFIC AND ENGLISH NAMES OF PLANTS AND ANIMALS -- NOTES -- LITERATURE CITED -- INDEX |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910782910703321 |
Bock Carl E. <1942->
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| Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2000 | ||
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Water and American government : the Reclamation Bureau, national water policy, and the West, 1902-1935 / / Donald J. Pisani
| Water and American government : the Reclamation Bureau, national water policy, and the West, 1902-1935 / / Donald J. Pisani |
| Autore | Pisani Donald J |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley : , : University of California Press, , 2002 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (xviii, 394 pages, 10 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations, maps |
| Disciplina | 333.91/15/0978 |
| Soggetto topico |
Reclamation of land - West (U.S.) - History - 20th century
Water-supply - Government policy - West (U.S.) - History - 20th century |
| Soggetto non controllato |
1930s
agriculture american west arable land arizona boulder dam bureau of indian affairs bureau of reclamation california carey act drought ecology family farms farming communities farming frontier government programs irrigation projects land development land management native americans nature nonfiction pima politics public works rupert idaho rural social program teddy roosevelt the new deal twin falls urban america us history water policy water rights water use water western history yakima |
| ISBN |
0-520-92758-3
9786612356636 1-282-35663-1 1-59734-989-5 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Saving lost lives : irrigation and the ideology of homemaking -- The perils of public works : Federal reclamation, 1902-1909 -- Case studies in irrigation and community : Twin Falls and Rupert -- An administrative morass : Federal reclamation, 1909-1917 -- Boom, bust and boom : Federal reclamation, 1917-1935 -- Uneasy allies : the Reclamation Service and the Bureau of Indian Affairs -- Case studies in water and power : the Yakima and the Pima -- Wiring the new West : the strange career of public power -- Gateway to the hydraulic age : water politics, 1920-1935 -- Conclusion : retrospect and significance. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910780377203321 |
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Pisani Donald J
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| Berkeley : , : University of California Press, , 2002 | ||
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