The neolithic revolution in the Near East
Subtitle: transforming the human landscape
By: Alan H. Simmons ; with a foreword by Ofer Bar-Yosef.
Publisher: University of Arizona Press; Brand: University of Arizona Press
Published: 2007
Place of publication: Tucson, AZ
Language: eng
Number of pages: 338
ISBN-13: 9780816524426
Description: "Based on more than thirty years of fieldwork, this timely volume examines the Neolithic Revolution in the Levantine Near East and on the Mediterranean island of Cyprus. Alan Simmons explores recent research regarding the emergence of Neolithic populations, using both environmental and theoretical contexts, and incorporates specific case studies based on his own excavations. Simmons traces chronological and regional differences within this land of immense environmental contrasts - woodlands, steppe, and desert. He argues that the Neolithic Revolution can be seen in a variety of economic, demographic, and social guises and that it lacked a single common stimulus."--BOOK JACKET.