Neolithic

McCarter, Susan Foster

ISBN 10: 0415364140 / ISBN 13: 9780415364140

Published by Routledge, London, 2007

About this Item

Slight scuffing to outer corners of cover, otherwise a good clean tight copy, with no creasing to the spine, of this soft-cover book. The author looks at how peoples in the Neolithic period changed from hunter-gatherers to settled agricultural societies, based on archaeological findings from SW Asia (roughly Turkey east to Iran and south to Sinai). 221pp, almost 100 b&w drawings. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Neolithic
• Publisher: Routledge, London
• Publication Date: 2007
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0415364140
• ISBN 13: 9780415364140
• Binding: Paperback
• Illustrator: Weaver, Catherine E
• Condition: Very Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket
• Seller catalogs:
  • Archaeology

About this title

Synopsis

This excellent introductory textbook describes and explains the origins of modern culture– the dawn of agriculture in the Neolithic area.

Written in an easy-to-read style, this lively and engaging book familiarises the reader with essential archaeological and genetic terms and concepts, explores the latest evidence from scientific analyses as varied as deep sea coring, pollen identification, radiometric dating and DNA research, condensing them into an up-to-date academic account, specifically written to be clear even the novice reader.

Focusing primarily on sites in southwest Asia, Neolithic addresses questions such as:

• Which plants and animals were the first to be domesticated, and how?
• How did life change when people began farming?
• What were the first villages like?
• What do we know about the social, political and religious life of these newly founded societies?
• What happened to human health as a result of the Neolithic Revolution?

Lavishly illustrated with almost a hundred images, this enjoyable book is an ideal introduction both for students of archaeology and for general readers interested in our past.

About the Author

Susan Foster McCarter holds a degree in Mediterranean prehistory from Brandeis University.  For almost twenty years she has been a member of the Department of Near Eastern Studies at Johns Hopkins University.  She also teaches art history and archaeology at York College of Pennsylvania.