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TABLE OF CONTENTS:

1. Beyond History: The Importance of anArchaeology of Pastoral Nomadism ; 2. TheProblem of Domestication ; 3. The Problemsof Definition: Variability in Pastoral Adaptations; 4. Invisibility and Visibility: A Background to theArchaeology of Pastoral Nomadism ; 5. TheEnvironmental Background to the Rise ofPastoral Nomadism in the Southern LevantineDeserts ; 6. The Pre-Pottery Neolithic B Baseline:The Last Hunter-Gatherers in the Desert ; 7. TheEarliest Herder-Gatherers: The Adoption ofDomesticated Animals in the Desert Periphery; 8. Revolution in the Desert: the Timnian CultureComplex and the Implications of SystematicHerding ; 9. Another Revolution: the LateTimnian, the Early Bronze Age, and the Rise ofEconomic Asymmetry ; 10. Text and Relict: AnEssay on the Archaeology of Desert Pastoralismin the Historic Periods in the Negev ; 11.Epilogue: An Archaeology of the End of PastoralNomadism

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Revolutions in theDesertThe Rise of Mobile Pastoralism in theSouthern Levant

Steven Rosen, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Israel

Rosen offers the first archaeological analysis of the rise ofherding in the desert, from the first introduction ofdomestic goats and sheep into the arid zones, more thaneight millennia ago, to the evolution of more recentBedouin societies. Inviting comparisons to the agriculturalrevolution and the secondary spread of domesticationbeyond the Near East, this volume examines thearchaeological record outlines these societies ecological,economic and social adaptations to the deserts of theSouthern Levant. With maps and illustrations from theauthor’s collection, Revolutions in the Desert is a thoughtfuland engaging approach to the archaeology of desertnomadic societies.

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