Authors
Kathleen D Morrison
Publication date
1994/6
Journal
Journal of archaeological Method and Theory
Volume
1
Pages
111-159
Publisher
Kluwer Academic Publishers
Description
In this paper I reexamine the Boserup model of agricultural intensification and archaeological reaction to it. Although causes have been extensively debated, little attention has been paid to process, and even those who reject the causal efficacy of population may adopt other aspects of the Boserup model. These “unexamined aspects” include the assumption that intensification proceeds along a single course, characterized by gradual decreases in the frequency of cropping. I suggest that the course of intensification is complex and variable and that, only by breaking down the process of intensification into its component strategies, can we come to an understanding of both the causes and the courses of intensification.
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Scholar articles
KD Morrison - Journal of archaeological Method and Theory, 1994