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The food crisis in prehistory : overpopulation and the origins of agriculture / Mark Nathan Cohen.

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Historical Society of Pennsylvania - Closed Stacks TX 652 .C37 n.792
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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Cohen, Mark Nathan.
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Prehistoric peoples--Food.
Prehistoric peoples.
Prehistoric peoples--Population.
Agriculture--Origin.
Agriculture.
Food supply--History.
Food supply.
Agriculture--history.
Food Supply--history.
Population Dynamics.
Prehistoric Anthropology.
Anthropology.
Social Sciences.
Agricultura--Origen.
Hombre prehistórico--Alimentos.
Hombre prehistórico--Población.
Medical Subjects:
Agriculture--history.
Food Supply--history.
Population Dynamics.
Local Subjects:
Prehistoric Anthropology.
Anthropology.
Social Sciences.
Agricultura--Origen.
Hombre prehistórico--Alimentos.
Hombre prehistórico--Población.
Genre:
History.
Physical Description:
x, 341 pages ; 22 cm
Place of Publication:
New Haven [Conn.] : Yale University Press, 1977.
Language Note:
English.
Contents:
The problem of agricultural origins
The theory of population pressure and the origins of agriculture
The archaeological measurement of population growth and population pressure
The case for the old world
The new world ; north and middle america
The new world ; south america
Summary and conclusions.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 287-330) and index.
"Distributed ・・・ in Japan by Harper & Row, Publishers, Tokyo Office."--Title page verso
Local Notes:
HSP Historic Culinary Arts Collection.
ISBN:
0300020163
9780300020168
0300023510
9780300023510
OCLC:
2439473

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