Data for: The Neolithic Revolution in the Middle East, Economic History Review

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Project Citation:

Allen, Robert C. Data for: The Neolithic Revolution in the Middle East, Economic History Review. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2023-10-13. https://doi.org/10.3886/E194451V1

Project Description

Summary: This paper investigates the causes and the consequences of the emergence of agriculture in the middle east. Agriculture has emerged in many parts of the world since the end of the last Ice Age about 15000 years. The paper, first, surveys the paleolithic period to understand why agriculture did not emerge earlier. Then the paper considers the processes that led to the emergence of agriculture in the middle east. The question is approached as a problem in economic history, and the archaeological record is understood in terms of changes in labour productivity, as measured by calories produced per hour of work, and the size of the associated agricultural surplus (the difference between the calories produced by a food procurement system and the calories required to sustain the people trying to support themselves with that system). The shift from foraging to the cultivation of wild seeds and the later impact of the emergence of domestic seed and improvements in tool design are assessed in this framework. It is also used to analyze the impact of agriculture on human well being, the origin of manufacturing (e.g. pottery), and the emergence of inequality, states, and warfare.

Scope of Project

Subject Terms: agriculture; technology; social inequality

Geographic Coverage: middle east

Data Type(s): geographic information system (GIS) data

Collection Notes: data from archaeological sites, mostly geo-referenced

Methodology

Unit(s) of Observation: archaeological sites

Geographic Unit: archaeological sites

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V1 [2023-10-13]

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