"Pulls together a global sampling of excellent research on a topic of great interest to scholars of prehistory that otherwise would be difficult to assemble or in some cases to even access."--Patricia M. Lambert, Utah State UniversityTwenty years ago Mark Nathan Cohen coedited a collection of essays[...]
"Makes an important contribution to our understanding of the challenges our ancestors faced during the transition from hunting and gathering to agriculture.... A well-organized and highly readable volume that synthesizes an enormous amount of data on what is perhaps the most significant economic tra[...]