TY  - BOOK
AU  - Swigart,Rob
TI  - Mixed Harvest: Stories from the Human Past 
SN  - 9781789206111
AV  - GN799.A4 S95 2020
U1  - 630.93 23
PY  - 2019///]
CY  - New York, Oxford
PB  - Berghahn Books
KW  - Agriculture
KW  - Origin
KW  - Agriculture, Prehistoric
KW  - Human settlements
KW  - Land settlement patterns, Prehistoric
KW  - SOCIAL SCIENCE / Archaeology
KW  - bisacsh
KW  - Neanderthals
KW  - agriculture
KW  - anthropology
KW  - archaeology
KW  - artifacts
KW  - early human societies
KW  - evolution
KW  - excavation
KW  - heritage studies
KW  - heritage
KW  - human behavior
KW  - human development
KW  - human history
KW  - human nature
KW  - human origins
KW  - hunters and gatherers
KW  - pastoralism
KW  - social science
N1  - Frontmatter --; Contents --; Preface --; Acknowledgments --; I. Shelter --; II. House --; III. Home --; Afterword --; Suggested Reading; restricted access
N2  - Short stories about the deep past and those who lived through millennia of exploration, hardship, and uncertainty during the evolution of farming. Winner of the 2019 Nautilus Book Award, Multicultural and Indigenous “Swigart is to be congratulated for giving us a series of connected short stories that are both entertaining and educational. The book is accurately grounded in archaeological facts, and its individual stories are thoroughly believable. Its particular format should be emulated by all those wishing to blend fact and fiction, not just as entertainment but as education, too.”—Journal of Eastern Mediterranean Archaeology and Heritage Studies In unforgettable stories of the human journey, a combination of compelling storytelling and well-researched archaeology underscore an excavation into the deep past of human development and its consequences. Through a first encounter between a Neanderthal woman and the Modern Human to the emergence and destruction of the world’s first cities, Mixed Harvest tells the tale of the Neolithic Revolution, also called the (First) Agricultural Revolution, the most significant event since modern humans emerged. Rob Swigart’s latest work humanizes the rapid transition to agriculture and pastoralism with a grounding in the archaeological record. From the introduction: In the space of a few thousand years agriculture dominated the earth. We live with it all around us. History began, cities soared, the landscape was crisscrossed with roads…. Each story is prefaced by a short introduction and followed by some context in order to stitch the narrative together. Some stories are linked, but most are independent. The stories are gathered into three chapters: “Shelter,” “House,” and “Home.” These represent a progression in where we lived, a series of transformations in technology and consciousness
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1515/9781789206128?locatt=mode:legacy
UR  - https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9781789206128
UR  - https://www.degruyter.com/document/cover/isbn/9781789206128/original
ER  -