Volume 28 / Number 2
1986
Special Edition: Prehistoric Pioneers--Archaeology and the History of Farming
On The Cover: The first plants and animals domesticated in the Middle East are still basic to village economics. In the fields surrounding the village of Lidar in southern Turkey, wheat, barley, and lentils are grown. Sheep and goats graze on the hillsides during the day, but return each evening to the village for milking. Photo by M. M. Voigt.
Vol. 28 / No. 2
By: William Davenport
States, Chiefdoms, and Tribes
In social and cultural anthropology, the term “chieftainship” refers to a form of government in which there are fixed political […]
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By: Robert J. Braidwood
The Origin and Growth of a Research Focus— Agricultural Beginnings: Introduction
Let us first agree that our concern here is only with what happened in southwestern Asia, to its broadest conceivable […]
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By: Andrew Sillen
Dietary Reconstruction and Near Eastern Archaeology
“One farmer says to me, ‘You cannot live on vegetable foods solely, for it furnishes nothing to make bones with’; […]
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By: Solomon H. Katz and Mary M. Voigt
Bread and Beer: Bread and Beer: The Early Use of Cereals in the Human Diet
This article has an intellectual history that begins with a fascinating exchange in the early 1950s. Robert Braidwood’s field work […]
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By: Gil Stein
Herding Strategies at Neolithic Gritille: The Use of Animal Bone Remains to Reconstruct Ancient Economic Systems
Introduction The Neolithic period, spanning the 9th through early 5th millennia B.C., was a time of two fundamental and far-reaching […]
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Vol. 28 / No. 2
By: Walter Fairservis, Jr.
Cattle and the Harappan Chiefdoms of the Indus Valley
The Harappan or Indus Valley culture is one of the world’s earliest civilizations. It was unknown until the early part […]
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By: Pam Crabtree
Dairying in Irish Prehistory: The Evidence from a Ceremonial Center
Historical sources indicate that cattle have played a primary role in the Irish economy since the days of St. Patrick. […]
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By: Peter Bogucki
The Antiquity of Dairying in Temperate Europe
The Problem The antiquity of dairying is a problem which has received scant archaeological attention, yet one which is crucial […]
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By: Charles A. Reed
Wild Animals Ain’t So Wild, Domesticating Them Not So Difficult
Articles on origins of domestication of animals are always written by humans for other humans, usually based in large part […]
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