Agricultural Revolution in Prehistory

<em>The Agricultural Revolution in Prehistory</em> 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.