Droughts, food and culture : ecological change and food security in Africa's later prehistory / edited by Fekri A. Hassan.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Hassan, Fekri A., 1943-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Prehistoric peoples--Food--Africa.

Prehistoric peoples.

Agriculture, Prehistoric--Africa.

Agriculture, Prehistoric.

Climatic changes--Africa.

Climatic changes.

Paleoclimatology--Africa.

Paleoclimatology.

Prehistoric peoples--Food.

Africa--Antiquities.

Africa.

Antiquities.

Physical Description:

xvii, 347 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

New York : Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publishers, [2002]

Contents:

2. Palaeoclimate, Food and Culture Change in Africa: An Overview / F. A. Hassan 11

Section I Climatic Change 27

3. Rapid Holocene Climate Changes in the Eastern Mediterranean / E. J. Rohling, J. Casford, R. Abu-Zied, S. Cooke, D. Mercone, J. Thomson, I. Croudace, F. J. Jorissen, H. Brinkhuis, J. Kallmeyer, G. Wefer 35

4. Climate During the Late Holocene in the Sahara and the Sahel: Evolution and Consequences on Human Settlement / R. Vernet 47

5. Late Pleistocene and Holocene Climatic Changes in the Central Sahara: The Case Study of the Southwestern Fezzan, Libya / M. Cremaschi 65

6. Late Holocene Climatic Fluctuations and Historical Records of Famine in Ethiopia / M.U. Mohammed, R. Bonnefille 83

7. Environmental and Human Responses to Climatic Events in West and West Central Africa During the Late Holocene / M. A. Sowunmi 95

Section II Plant Cultivation 105

8. Regional Pathways to Agriculture in Northeast Africa / H. N. Barakat 111

9. From Hunters and Gatherers to Food Producers: New Archaeological and Archaeobotanical Evidence from the West African Sahel / P. Breunig, K. Neumann 123

10. Holocene Climatic Changes in the Eastern Mediterranean and the Spread of Food Production from Southwest Asia to Egypt / M. Rossignol-Strick 157

11. Sustainable Agriculture in a Harsh Environment: An Ethiopian Perspective / A. Butler 171

Section III Pastoralism 189

12. The Evidence for the Earliest Livestock in North Africa: Or Adventures with Large Bovids, Ovicaprids, Dogs and Pigs / A. Gautier 195

13. Cultural Responses to Climatic Changes in North Africa: Beginning and Spread of Pastoralism in the Sahara / B. E. Barich 209

14. Dry Climatic Events and Cultural Trajectories: Adjusting Middle Holocene Pastoral Economy of the Libyan Sahara / S. di Lernia 225

15. Food Security in Western and Central Africa During the Late Holocene: The Role of Domestic Stock Keeping, Hunting and Fishing / W. Van Neer 251

16. Bovines in Egyptian Predynastic and Early Dynastic Iconography / S. Hendrickx 275

17. Ecological Changes and Food Security in the Later Prehistory of North Africa: Looking Forward / F. A. Hassan 321.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0306467550

OCLC:

49225648