After Eden: Behavioral Ecology of Early Food Production in the Near East and North Africa: Behavioral Ecology of Early Food Production in the Near East and North Africa

Front Cover Copyright Dedication Table of Contents List of Tables List of Figures Preface Introduction CHAPTER 1: THE EVOLUTION AND ADOPTION OF FOOD PRODUCTION STRATEGIES: A THEORETICAL FOCUS CHAPTER 2: ESTABLISHING COSTS AND BENEFITS FOR EARLY PASTORAL FOOD PRODUCTION: ETHNOGRAPHIC AND HISTORIC LABOR AND PRODUCTIVITY DATA AS RELATED TO THE PREHISTORIC PAST CHAPTER 3: ESTABLISHING COSTS AND BENEFITS FOR THE EARLY CULTIVATION OF CEREALS: ETHNOGRAPHIC AND HISTORIC LABOR AND PRODUCTIVITY DATA AS RELATED TO THE PREHISTORIC PAST CHAPTER 4: COMPARATIVE ECOLOGY OF THE RELEVANT ANIMAL AND PLANT SPECIES CHAPTER 5: RELATIVE ENERGETICS OF PASTORAL STRATEGIES INVOLVING CAMELS, CATTLE, SHEEP AND GOATS CHAPTER 6: RELATIVE ENERGETICS OF EARLY WHEAT AND BARLEY STRATEGIES CHAPTER 7: ENERGETIC EXPECTATIONS AND THE ARCHAEOLOGICAL RECORD APPENDIX A: DROMEDARY CAMEL POPULATION DYNAMICS AND SLAUGHTER OFFTAKE FROM A MODEL HERD OVER A ONE YEAR PERIOD APPENDIX B: CALORIC PRODUCTIVITY OF THE MODEL CAMEL HERD OVER A ONE YEAR PERIOD APPENDIX C: AGE SPECIFIC GROWTH RESULTS FOR THE FEMALE COMPONENT OF A MODEL CAMEL HERD OVER A FORTY YEAR PERIOD BASED UPON THE DATA PRESENTED IN APPENDIX A APPENDIX D: AGE SPECIFIC GROWTH RESULTS FOR THE IMMATURE MALE COMPONENT OF A MODEL CAMEL HERD OVER A FORTY YEAR PERIOD BASED UPON THE DATA PRESENTED IN APPENDIX A REFERENCES CITED INDEX