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 |
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The sacrificed generation [[electronic resource] ] : youth, history, and the colonized mind in Madagascar / / Lesley A. Sharp |
Autore | Sharp Lesley Alexandra |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2002 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (397 p.) |
Disciplina | 305.235/09691 |
Soggetto topico |
Youth - Madagascar
Education - Madagascar Youth - Madagascar - Political activity Imperialism |
Soggetto non controllato |
africa
autobiography case study children classroom collective memory collective cross cultural cultural history cultural studies education ethnography historical conscious historical consciousness identity politics identity madagascar mass media memory national history nationalist political consciousness political politics postcolonial school social history social studies victims violence youth |
ISBN |
1-282-76251-6
9786612762512 0-520-93588-8 1-59734-884-8 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Tables -- Acknowledgments -- Notes on the Text -- PART ONE. THE RECONSTRUCTION OF A CHILDREN'S HISTORY -- PART TWO. THE PERPLEXITIES OF URBAN SCHOOLING: SACRIFICE , SUFFERING, AND SURVIVAL -- PART THREE. FREEDOM , LABOR, AND LOYALTY -- PART FOUR. YOUTH AND THE NATION: SCHOOLING AND ITS PERILS -- APPENDIX ONE. A GUIDE TO KEY INFORMANTS -- APPENDIX TWO. POPULATION FIGURES FOR MADAGASCAR 1900-1994 -- APPENDIX THREE. POPULATION FIGURES FOR AMBANJA AND THE SAMBIRANO VALLEY -- APPENDIX FOUR. SCHOOLS IN AMBANJA AND THE SAMBIRANO VALLEY -- APPENDIX FIVE. ENROLLMENT FIGURES FOR SELECT AMBANJA SCHOOLS (PRIMARY, CEG,AND LYCÉE , 1993-94, 1994-95) -- APPENDIX SIX. BAC RESULTS AT THE STATE-RUN LYCÉE TSIRASO I, 1990-1994 -- APPENDIX SEVEN. STUDENTS' ASPIRATIONS -- NOTES -- GLOSSARY -- REFERENCES -- INDEX |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910780079003321 |
Sharp Lesley Alexandra
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