A Comparison of Niche Construction Theory and Diet Breadth Models as Explanatory Frameworks for the Initial Domestication of Plants and Animals

Journal of Archaeological Research

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 215-262

  Smith, Bruce D ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF PALEOBIOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Agricultural origins; Diet breadth model; Domestication; Human behavioral ecology; Niche construction theory; Optimal foraging theory

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGY; BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; DIET; DOMESTICATION; HUMAN BEHAVIOR; MODELING; NICHE; PALEOENVIRONMENT; THEORETICAL STUDY;

NORTH AMERICA;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 84931562871     PISSN: 10590161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10814-015-9081-4     Document Type: Article

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