Changing Natures: Hunter-gatherers, First Famers and the Modern World

Paperback / softback

Main Details

Title Changing Natures: Hunter-gatherers, First Famers and the Modern World
Authors and Contributors      By (author) Bill Finlayson
By (author) Graeme M. Warren
SeriesDebates in Archaeology
Physical Properties
Format:Paperback / softback
Pages:144
Dimensions(mm): Height 216,Width 135
Category/GenrePrehistoric archaeology
Agriculture and farming
ISBN/Barcode 9780715638132
ClassificationsDewey:930.14
Audience
Tertiary Education (US: College)
Professional & Vocational

Publishing Details

Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Imprint Bristol Classical Press
Publication Date 21 October 2010
Publication Country United Kingdom

Description

The adoption of agriculture is often described as one of the most fundamental revolutions in human history, the starting point for urbanisation and specialisation. More recently the structure of the Neolithic mind has been proposed as a new cognitive revolution, separating us fundamentally from preceding hunter-gatherers. Without doubting that the so-called Neolithic Revolution was significant, it is important to question how we conceptualise it. This book focuses on two themes central to creating a rounded understanding of the transition: our understandings of hunter-gatherer diversity and change over time, with emphasis on the adoption of agriculture; and the relationships between our understandings of the modern world, and ourselves, and the models we impose on prehistory. The broad geographical perspective adopted here allows important comparisons to be made between two primary study areas, the Near East and Europe.

Author Biography

Bill Finlayson is Director, Council for British Research in the Levant, and Visiting Professor, University of Reading, UK. Graeme M. Warren is Lecturer in Archaeology, University College Dublin, Ireland.