Cohen, Mark Nathan.

The food crisis in prehistory : overpopulation and the origins of agriculture / Mark Nathan Cohen. - New Haven [Conn.] : Yale University Press, 1977. - x, 341 p. ; 22 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 287-330) and index.

1. The Problem of Agricultural Origins -- 2. The Theory of Population Pressure and the Origins of Agriculture -- 3. The Archaeological Measurement of Population Growth and Population Pressure -- 4. The Case for the Old World -- 5. The New World: North and Middle America -- 6. The New World: South America -- 7. Summary and Conclusions.

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Food supply--History.
Agriculture--Origin.
Prehistoric peoples--Population.
Prehistoric peoples--Food.

GN799.F6 / C64 1977