HARDBACK - Origins of Agriculture in the Near East, 2000, 60 dessins, rel. -

This is the story of the monentous transformation of human society and culture in the Near East. It takes us from the hunter gatherer of 50.000 years ago to a time when densely populated villages employed mixed farming methods 8.000 years ago. Perhaps more importantly it is an account of the emergence in our human ancestors of an understanding and articulation of their world and their place in it.