Sustainable assumptions : modelling the ecological impacts of pre-pottery Neolithic farming communities in the Levant
During the Pre-Pottery Neolithic - Pottery Neolithic transition in the Levant, several centuries after the widespread adoption of agriculture and shortly after the adoption of mixed farming, a number of large, formerly successful communities seem to have been abandoned. These apparent settlement transformations are reported to have occurred alongside changes in technology and production, ideological behaviour and the treatment of the dead, and subsistence economy. Whether one views these purported changes as evidence of 'collapse' or not, particular transformations do seem to have taken place and require explanation. Several proposed models attempt to explain why these changes may have occurred, but the anthropogenically induced ecological degradation argument is the most pervasive. While this model has already been tested in a preliminary manner, detailed evaluation of the degradation argument partly based on agronomic research on the ecological impacts of mixed farming is still due.
Campbell, Dana
Sustainable assumptions : modelling the ecological impacts of pre-pottery Neolithic farming communities in the Levant. During the Pre-Pottery Neolithic - Pottery Neolithic transition in the Levant, several centuries after the widespread adoption of agriculture and shortly after the adoption of mixed farming, a number of large, formerly successful communities seem to have been abandoned. These apparent settlement transformations are reported to have occurred alongside changes in technology and production, ideological behaviour and the treatment of the dead, and subsistence economy. Whether one views these purported changes as evidence of 'collapse' or not, particular transformations do seem to have taken place and require explanation. Several proposed models attempt to explain why these changes may have occurred, but the anthropogenically induced ecological degradation argument is the most pervasive. While this model has already been tested in a preliminary manner, detailed evaluation of the degradation argument partly based on agronomic research on the ecological impacts of mixed farming is still due.
sustainable assumption model ecological impact pre_pottery neolithic farming_community levant pre_pottery neolithic_pottery neolithic_transition levant widespread_adoption agriculture shortly adoption mixed farming number large formerly successful community seem abandon apparent settlement transformation report occurred alongside change technology production ideological behaviour treatment_dead subsistence_economy whether view purport change evidence collapse particular transformation seem take_place require explanation several propose_model attempt_explain change may_occur induced ecological degradation argument pervasive model already test preliminary manner detailed evaluation degradation argument partly base ecological impact mixed farming still due