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 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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The island Chumash [[electronic resource] ] : behavioral ecology of a maritime society / / Douglas J. Kennett |
Autore | Kennett Douglas J |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, : University of California Press, 2005 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (313 p.) |
Disciplina | 979.4004/9758 |
Soggetto topico |
Chumash Indians
Indians of North America - California |
Soggetto non controllato |
abalone
anthropology california chumash coastal village coastline cultural evolution ecology environment studies environment environmental events environmental history environmentalism ethnography folklore geography hbe history human behavioral ecology hunter gatherer indigenous culture indigenous people islands maritime myth native american nature nonfiction northern channel islands social science southern california the island chumash traditional societies west coast |
ISBN |
0-520-93143-2
1-59734-940-2 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- Contents -- Preface -- 1. The Island Chumash -- 2. Human Behavioral Ecology and Maritime Societies -- 3. Environmental Context -- 4. Cultural Context -- 5. Historic Island Communities -- 6. Terminal Pleistocene to Middle Holocene Records -- 7. Late Holocene Record -- 8. Synthesis -- References -- Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910783314203321 |
Kennett Douglas J | ||
Berkeley, : University of California Press, 2005 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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