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The Neolithic Demographic Transition and its Consequences

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Editors:
  1. Jean-Pierre Bocquet-Appel

    1. National Centre for Scientific Research (CNRS), UPR2147, 75014 Paris, France

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  2. Ofer Bar-Yosef

    1. Department of Anthropology Peabody Museum, Harvard University, Cambridge, USA

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  • Presents and discusses the consequences and implications of the Neolithic Demographic Transition on a global scale

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Table of contents (19 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages I-XI
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  2. Prehistoric Demography in a Time of Globalization

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. Prehistoric Demography in a Time of Globalization

      • Jean-Pierre Bocquet-Appel, Ofer Bar-Yosef
      Pages 1-10

  3. Demographic and Economic Dimensions of the NDT

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 11-11
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    2. The Expansions of Farming Societies and the Role of the Neolithic Demographic Transition

      • Peter Bellwood, Marc Oxenham
      Pages 13-34

    3. Explaining the Neolithic Demographic Transition

      • Jean-Pierre Bocquet-Appel
      Pages 35-55

    4. The Signal of the Neolithic Demographic Transition in the Levant

      • Emma Guerrero, Stephan Naji, Jean-Pierre Bocquet-Appel
      Pages 57-80

    5. The Nature and Timing of the Neolithic Demographic Transition in the North American Southwest

      • Timothy A. Kohler, Matt Glaude
      Pages 81-105

    6. The Neolithic Demographic Transition in Mesoamerica? Larger Implications of the Strategy of Relative Chronology

      • Richard G. Lesure
      Pages 107-138

    7. An Alternative Approach in Tracing Changes in Demographic Composition

      • Mehmet Özdoğan
      Pages 139-178

    8. Zooarchaeological Aspects of the Neolithic Diet Transition in the Near East and Europe, and Their Putative Relationships with the Neolithic Demographic Transition

      • Jean-Denis Vigne
      Pages 179-205

    9. Impacts of the Neolithic Demographic Transition on Linear Pottery Culture Settlement

      • Jérôme Dubouloz
      Pages 207-235
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About this book

The transition from hunting and gathering to farming – the Neolithic Revolution – was one of the most signi cant cultural processes in human history that forever changed the face of humanity. Natu an communities (15,100–12,000Cal BP) (all dates in this chapter are calibrated before present) planted the seeds of change, and the Pre-Pottery Neolithic (PPN) (ca. 12,000–ca. 8,350Cal BP) people, were the rst to establish farming communities. The revolution was not fully realized until quite late in the PPN and later in the Pottery Neolithic (PN) period. We would like to ask some questions and comment on a few aspects emphas- ing the linkage between biological and cultural developments during the Neolithic Revolution. The biological issues addressed in this chapter are as follows: × Is there a demographic change from the Natu an to the Neolithic? × Is there a change in the overall health of the Neolithic populations compared to the Natu an? × Is there a change in the diet and how is it expressed? × Is there a change in the physical burden/stress people had to bear with? × Is there a change in intra- and inter-community rates of violent encounters? From the cultural perspective the leading questions will be: × What was the change in the economy and when was it fully realized? × Is there a change in settlement patterns and site nature and organization from Natu an to Neolithic? × Is there a change in human activities and division of labor?

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From the reviews:

"Bocquet-Appel and Bar-Yosef have organized and produced a superb thematic volume that provides a wide variety of applications and perspectives on the NDT" James T. Watson, University of Arizona

“The main strength of this volume is its clear focus on the NDT and related processes. … well suitable … to a readership of advanced undergraduates, postgraduate students in the social sciences and to academics from a wide range of disciplines who are interested in the social, economic and demographic facets of the ‘Neolithic Revolution’. … a highly recommended volume which highlights how interdisciplinary approaches can provide new insight into the study of the Neolithic transition and the great potential of thematic scientific discourse.” (Ron Pinhasi, Human Ecology, Vol. 37 (5), October, 2009)

“The collected papers address the demographic process associated with the transition from a hunter-gatherer economy to an agricultural economy in the Neolithic. … the papers are stimulating, informative and address a myriad of topics associated with population growth, providing food for thought for historians, archaeologists and anthropologists as well as demographers. … provide an extremely stimulating discussion of the implications of the NDT and its consequences, with all due caution and a number of flags raised about a precocious global application.” (Helena Fracchia, Canadian Studies in Population, Vol. 37 (3-4), Fall/Winter, 2010)

Editors and Affiliations

  • National Centre for Scientific Research (CNRS), UPR2147, 75014 Paris, France

    Jean-Pierre Bocquet-Appel

  • Department of Anthropology Peabody Museum, Harvard University, Cambridge, USA

    Ofer Bar-Yosef

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: The Neolithic Demographic Transition and its Consequences

  • Editors: Jean-Pierre Bocquet-Appel, Ofer Bar-Yosef

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4020-8539-0

  • Publisher: Springer Dordrecht

  • eBook Packages: Humanities, Social Sciences and Law, Social Sciences (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media B.V. 2008

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-4020-8538-3Published: 21 October 2008

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-90-481-7906-0Published: 19 October 2010

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-4020-8539-0Published: 30 September 2008

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XI, 542

  • Topics: Demography, History, general, Archaeology, Anthropology

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