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BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY TRANSITION AGRICULTURE and the to GRBQ084-2272G-[FM].qxd 11/30/05 7:32 PM Page ii pinnacle Quark11:JOBS:BOOKS:REPRO: ORIGINS OF HUMAN BEHAVIOR AND CULTURE Edited by Monique Borgerhoff Mulder and Joe Henrich 1.Behavioral Ecology and the Transition to Agriculture, Douglas J. Kennett and Bruce Winterhalder, editors GRBQ084-2272G-[FM].qxd 11/30/05 7:32 PM Page iii pinnacle Quark11:JOBS:BOOKS:REPRO: BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY and the TRANSITION AGRICULTURE to Edited by Douglas J. Kennett and Bruce Winterhalder UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA PRESS Berkeley Los Angeles London GRBQ084-2272G-[FM].qxd 6/12/05 2:49 AM Page iv Quark01A Quark01:Desktop Folder: University of California Press Berkeley and Los Angeles, California University of California Press, Ltd. London, England © 2006 by The Regents of the University of California Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Behavioral ecology and the transition to agriculture / edited by Douglas J. Kennett, Bruce Winterhalder. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 0-520-24647-0 (cloth : alk. paper) 1. Agriculture—Origin. 2. Agriculture, Prehistoric. 3. Human behavior. 4. Human ecology. 5. Human evolution. I. Kennett, Douglas J. II. Winterhalder, Bruce. GN799.A4B39 2006 306.3(cid:1)64—dc22 2005011959 Manufactured in Canada 15 14 13 12 11 10 09 08 07 06 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 The paper used in this publication meets the minimum requirements of ANSI/NISOZ39.48-1992(R1997) (Permanence of Paper). GRBQ084-2272G-[FM].qxd 11/30/05 7:32 PM Page v pinnacle Quark11:JOBS:BOOKS:REPRO: FOR OUR ACADEMIC AND SOCIAL FAMILIES GRBQ084-2272G-[FM].qxd 11/30/05 7:32 PM Page vi pinnacle Quark11:JOBS:BOOKS:REPRO: GRBQ084-2272G-[FM].qxd 11/30/05 7:32 PM Page vii pinnacle Quark11:JOBS:BOOKS:REPRO: contents List of Contributors / ix 8 • COSTLY SIGNALING, THE SEXUAL DIVISION OF LABOR, AND ANIMAL DOMESTICATION IN Foreword / xi THE ANDEAN HIGHLANDS / 167 William F. Keegan Mark Aldenderfer Preface / xiii 9 • HUMAN BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY, DOMESTIC ANIMALS, AND LAND USE DURING THE 1 • BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY AND THE TRANSITION TRANSITION TO AGRICULTURE IN VALENCIA, FROM HUNTING AND GATHERING TO EASTERN SPAIN / 197 AGRICULTURE / 1 Sarah B. McClure, Michael A. Jochim, and C. Bruce Winterhalder and Douglas J. Kennett Michael Barton 2 • A FUTURE DISCOUNTING EXPLANATION FOR 10 • BREAKING THE RAIN BARRIER AND THE THEPERSISTENCE OF A MIXED FORAGING- TROPICAL SPREAD OF NEAR EASTERN HORTICULTURE STRATEGY AMONG THE MIKEA AGRICULTURE INTO SOUTHERN ARABIA / 217 OFMADAGASCAR / 22 Joy McCorriston Bram Tucker 11 • THE EMERGENCE OF AGRICULTURE IN NEW 3 • CENTRAL PLACE FORAGING AND FOOD GUINEA: A MODEL OF CONTINUITY FROM PRODUCTION ON THE CUMBERLAND PLATEAU, PRE-EXISTING FORAGING PRACTICES / 237 EASTERN KENTUCKY / 41 Tim Denham and Huw Barton Kristen J. Gremillion 12 • THE IDEAL FREE DISTRIBUTION, FOOD 4 • ASPECTS OF OPTIMIZATION AND RISK DURING PRODUCTION AND THE COLONIZATION THE EARLY AGRICULTURAL PERIOD IN OF OCEANIA / 265 SOUTHEASTERN ARIZONA / 63 Douglas Kennett, Atholl Anderson, and Bruce Michael W. Diehl and Jennifer A. Waters Winterhalder 5 • A FORMAL MODEL FOR PREDICTING 13 • HUMAN BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY AND THE AGRICULTURE AMONG THE FREMONT / 87 TRANSITION TO FOOD PRODUCTION / 289 K. Renee Barlow Bruce D. Smith 6 • AN ECOLOGICAL MODEL FOR THE ORIGINS OF 14 • AGRICULTURE, ARCHAEOLOGY, AND HUMAN MAIZE-BASED FOOD PRODUCTION ON THE BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY / 304 PACIFIC COAST OF SOUTHERN MEXICO / 103 Robert Bettinger Douglas J. Kennett, Barbara Voorhies, and Dean Martorana References / 323 7 • THE ORIGINS OF PLANT CULTIVATION AND Index / 381 DOMESTICATION IN THE NEOTROPICS: A BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVE / 137 Dolores R. Piperno vii GRBQ084-2272G-[FM].qxd 11/30/05 7:32 PM Page viii pinnacle Quark11:JOBS:BOOKS:REPRO: GRBQ084-2272G-[FM].qxd 11/30/05 7:32 PM Page ix pinnacle Quark11:JOBS:BOOKS:REPRO: contributors mark aldenderfer michael w. diehl Department of Anthropology Desert Archaeology, Inc. The University of Arizona Tucson Tucson kristen j. gremillion atholl anderson Department of Anthropology Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies The Ohio State University Division of Archaeology and Natural History Columbus The Australian National University Canberra, Australia michael jochim k. renee barlow Department of Anthropology University of California Utah Museum of Natural History Santa Barbara University of Utah Salt Lake City william f. keegan huw barton Florida Museum of Natural History School of Archaeology and Ancient History University of Florida University of Leicester, Gainesville England douglas j. kennett c. michael barton Department of Anthropology Department of Anthropology University of Oregon Arizona State University Eugene Tempe dean martorana robert l. bettinger Environmental Science Associates Department of Anthropology San Francisco University of California Davis sarah b. m clure c tim denham Department of Anthropology University of Oregon School of Geography and Environmental Science Eugene Monash University Victoria, Australia ix

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This innovative volume is the first collective effort by archaeologists and ethnographers to use concepts and models from human behavioral ecology to explore one of the most consequential transitions in human history: the origins of agriculture. Carefully balancing theory and detailed empirical stud
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