The Origins of Agriculture in the Near East

By M. Zeder. Current Anthropology, 2011

575 citations recorded by the source corpus.

Subfields: Archeology, Food Science, Paleontology

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In Archeology

1. D. Fuller
2. J. Hublin
3. N. Boivin
4. M. Richards
5. Alison Crowther
6. M. Prendergast
7. M. Zeder

In Food Science

1. D. Fuller
2. M. Richards
3. J. Hublin
4. M. Zeder
5. Heather A. Lapham

In Paleontology

1. D. Fuller
2. Alison Crowther
3. M. Prendergast
4. N. Boivin
5. J. Hublin
6. M. Richards
7. M. Zeder
8. Bruce D. Smith

Citations in the corpus

• Warring brothers: The complex interactions between wolves (Canis lupus) and dogs (Canis familiaris) in a conservation context (2014, unknown): “…to the most recent studies combining archaeology and genetic data, livestock domestication events for other species (cattle, sheep, goats, pigs) all occurred in the Near East around the same period between 8500 and 11,000 years BP (Zeder et al., 2006; Zeder, 2008, 2011; Vigne et al., 2011).”
• Subsistence mosaics, forager-farmer interactions, and the transition to food production in eastern Africa (2017, background): “The spatial and temporal variability we see in the appearance of different plants and animals across eastern Africa also serves as a reminder that food production rarely, if ever, spreads as a single coherent package (see also Jones, 2002; Zeder, 2011; Denham, 2013).”
• The evolution of hominin diets : integrating approaches to the study of palaeolithic subsistence (2009, background): “The Epipaleolithic record is characterized by a series of major developments, including the expansion of human populations, increased site permanence, and documented resource intensification evidenced by an increased abundance of groundstone tools, sickle blades, small grain grass seeds, and small a”
• The Broad Spectrum Revolution at 40: Resource diversity, intensification, and an alternative to optimal foraging explanations (2012, background): “…parallel elaboration of social and ritual behaviors in Broad Spectrum communities best read as mechanisms for preserving social cohesion and damping down social and economic tensions that may arise among sedentary people supported by a territorially conscripted resource base (Zeder, 2011; 2012b).”