AU - Cohen,Mark Nathan TI - The food crisis in prehistory: overpopulation and the origins of agriculture SN - 0300020163 AV - GN799.F6 C64 1977 PY - 1977/// CY - New Haven [Conn.] PB - Yale University Press KW - Food supply KW - History KW - Agriculture KW - Origin KW - Prehistoric peoples KW - Population KW - Food N1 - 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 ER -