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The Agricultural Revolution in Prehistory: Why did Foragers become Farmers?
- G. Barker
- Sociology
- 2006
The Agricultural Revolution in Prehistory addresses one of the most debated and least understood revolutions in the history of our species, the change from hunting and gathering to farming. Graeme… Expand
Prehistoric Farming In Europe
- G. Barker
- Geography
- 1 July 1986
List of illustrations List of tables Preface and acknowledgements 1. Approaches to prehistoric farming 2. Prehistoric farming in Europe: resources and constraints 3. The Mediterranean basin 4. The… Expand
Prehistoric foragers and farmers in South-East Asia: renewed investigations at Niah Cave, Sarawak
- G. Barker, Huw Barton, +17 authors Mark Stephens
- Geography
- 2002
The paper describes the initial results from renewed investigations at Niah Cave in Sarawak on the island of Borneo, famous for the discovery in 1958 of the c. 40,000-year old 'Deep Skull'. The… Expand
A Mediterranean valley : landscape archaeology and Annales history in the Biferno Valley
Approaches to Mediterranean landscape history the Biferno Valley - the modern landscape the Biferno Valley survey - methodologies the natural landscape and its evolution early prehistoric settlement… Expand
Volcanic ash layers illuminate the resilience of Neanderthals and early modern humans to natural hazards
- J. Lowe, N. Barton, +39 authors P. Tzedakis
- Geology, Medicine
- Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
- 23 July 2012
Marked changes in human dispersal and development during the Middle to Upper Paleolithic transition have been attributed to massive volcanic eruption and/or severe climatic deterioration. We test… Expand
Oxygen isotope signatures from land snail (Helix melanostoma) shells and body fluid: Proxies for reconstructing Mediterranean and North African rainfall
- A. L. Prendergast, R. Stevens, G. Barker, T. O’Connell
- Geology
- 20 August 2015
Abstract In this paper, we show that oxygen isotope ratios from the shell carbonate of the land snail Helix melanostoma reflect local rainfall parameters. Stable oxygen isotopes were measured in the… Expand
The Archaeology of Foraging and Farming at Niah Cave, Sarawak
- G. Barker
- Biology
- 22 March 2005
This paper reports on the principal archaeological results of a renewed program of fieldwork in the Niah Caves (Sarawak) by an interdisciplinary team of archaeologists and environmental scientists.… Expand
Environment and Land Use in the Wadi Faynan, Southern Jordan: the Second Season of Geoarchaeology and Landscape Archaeology (1997)
- G. Barker, R. Adams, +9 authors D. C. Thomas
- Geology
- 1998
AbstractThis report describes the third season of fieldwork by an interdisciplinary team of archaeologists and geographers working to reconstrnct the landscape history of the Wadi Faynan in southern… Expand
Quaternary palaeogeomorphologic evolution of the Wadi Faynan area, southern Jordan
- S. McLaren, D. Gilbertson, J. Grattan, C. Hunt, G. A. Duller, G. Barker
- Geology
- 20 March 2004
Abstract The Faynan area comprises a complex assemblage of deposits and landforms of varying nature, age and position in the landscape. The dominant facies are fluvial, slope and aeolian. At least… Expand