List of Contributors ........................................ ix
Foreword .................................................... xi
William F. Keegan
Preface ................................................... xiii
1 BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY AND THE TRANSITION FROM HUNTING AND
GATHERING TO AGRICULTURE ..................................... 1
Bruce Winterhalder and Douglas J. Kennen
2 A FUTURE DISCOUNTING EXPLANATION FOR THE PERSISTENCE OF
A MIXED FORAGING-HORTICULTURE STRATEGY AMONG THE MIKEA OF
MADAGASCAR .................................................. 22
Bram Tucker
3 CENTRAL PLACE FORAGING AND FOOD PRODUCTION ON
THE CUMBERLAND PLATEAU, EASTERN KENTUCKY .................... 41
Kristen J. Gremillion
4 ASPECTS OF OPTIMIZATION AND RISK DURING THE EARLY
AGRICULTURAL PERIOD IN SOUTHEASTERN ARIZONA ................. 63
Michael W. Diehl and Jennifer A. Waters
5 A FORMAL MODEL FOR PREDICTING AGRICULTURE AMONG
THE FREMONT ................................................. 87
K. Renee Barlow
6 AN ECOLOGICAL MODEL FOR THE ORIGINS OF MAIZE-BASED FOOD
PRODUCTION ON THE PACIFIC COAST OF SOUTHERN MEXICO ......... 103
Douglas J. Kennett, Barbara Voorhies, and Dean Martorana
7 THE ORIGINS OF PLANT CULTIVATION AND DOMESTICATION IN
THE NEOTROPICS: A BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVE ........ 137
Dolores R. Piperno
8 COSTLY SIGNALING, THE SEXUAL DIVISION OF LABOR, AND
ANIMAL DOMESTICATION IN THE ANDEAN HIGHLANDS ............... 167
Mark Aldenderfer
9 HUMAN BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY, DOMESTIC ANIMALS, AND LAND USE
DURING THE TRANSITION TO AGRICULTURE IN VALENCIA, EASTERN
SPAIN ...................................................... 197
Sarah B. McClure, Michael A. Jochim, and C. Michael Barton
10 BREAKING THE RAIN BARRIER AND THE TROPICAL SPREAD OF NEAR
EASTERN AGRICULTURE INTO SOUTHERN ARABIA ................... 217
Joy McCorriston
11 THE EMERGENCE OF AGRICULTURE IN NEW GUINEA: A MODEL OF
CONTINUITY FROM PRE-EXISTING FORAGING PRACTICES ............ 237
Tim Denham and Huw Barton
12 THE IDEAL FREE DISTRIBUTION, FOOD PRODUCTION AND
THE COLONIZATION OF OCEANIA ................................ 265
Douglas Kennett, Atholl Anderson, and Bruce Winterhaider
13 HUMAN BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY AND THE TRANSITION TO FOOD
PRODUCTION ................................................. 289
Bruce D. Smith
14 AGRICULTURE, ARCHAEOLOGY, AND HUMAN BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY ..... 304
Robert Bettinger
References ................................................. 323
Index ...................................................... 381
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