Background
Smith, Bruce David was born on March 24, 1946 in Iowa City, Iowa, United States. Son of Goldwin Albert and Emily C. (Bateman) Smith.
(In this text, the archaeologist, Bruce Smith, explores th...)
In this text, the archaeologist, Bruce Smith, explores the initial emergence and early expansion of agriculture and the transformations in human society that made it possible. He charts the course of the agricultural revolution as it occurred in the Middle East, Europe, China, Africa and the Americas, showing how basic archaeological methods and modern technologies, such as plant analysis, radiocarbon dating and DNA sampling are used to investigate this event. Although in the agricultural mind, the agricultural revolution is often seen as a one-step transition from hunter-gatherer societies to farming ones, Smith shows how truly varied the patterns of animal and plant domestication were in different parts of the world.
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(Rivers of Change , awarded the James Henry Breasted Prize...)
Rivers of Change , awarded the James Henry Breasted Prize by the American Historical Association, is the first comprehensive consideration of eastern North America as an independent, primary center of plant domestication and agriculture. Focusing on data derived from the expanding discipline of archaeobotany, Bruce D. Smith presents a provocative alternative theory of how prehistoric North American societies developed from hunting and gathering systems to food-producing economies. Smith has written a new preface for this paperback edition.
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Smith, Bruce David was born on March 24, 1946 in Iowa City, Iowa, United States. Son of Goldwin Albert and Emily C. (Bateman) Smith.
Bachelor of Arts, University of Michigan, 1968; Master of Arts, University of Michigan, 1971; Doctor of Philosophy, University Michigan, 1973.
Member faculty, Loyola University, Chicago, 1973-1974; Member faculty, U. Georgia, Athens, 1974-1977; curator North America archaeology, National Museum Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, since 1977; senior scientist, director archaeobiology program, National Museum Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, since 1991; special assistant to director, National Museum Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, 1983; assistant director, National Museum Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, 1986. Member anthropology review panel National Science Foundation, 1982-1983.
(Rivers of Change , awarded the James Henry Breasted Prize...)
(In this text, the archaeologist, Bruce Smith, explores th...)
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Fellow American Association for the Advancement of Science. Member Society American Archaeology (secretary 1985-1989, president 1993-1995, Book award 1997), Southeastern Archaeol. Conference (president 1982-1984).
Married Martha Mary Johnson, September 22, 1973. Children: David Vernon, Jonathan Oliver.