Fishing - How the Sea Fed Civilization Fagan BrianPaperback / softback
Fishing - How the Sea Fed Civilization Fagan BrianPaperback / softback Humanity's last major source of food from the wild, and how it enabled and shaped the growth of civilizationIn this history of…
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Fishing - How the Sea Fed Civilization Fagan BrianPaperback / softback
Humanity's last major source of food from the wild, and how it enabled and shaped the growth of civilizationIn this history of fishing--not as sport but as sustenance--archaeologist and best-selling author Brian Fagan argues that fishing was an indispensable and often overlooked element in the growth of civilization. Where agriculture encouraged stability, fishing demanded movement. It sustainably provided enough food to allow cities, nations, and empires to grow, but it did so with a different emphasis.
This history of the long interaction of humans and seafood tours archaeological It frequently required a search for new and better fishing grounds; its technologies, centered on boats, facilitated movement and discovery; and fish themselves, when dried and salted, were the ideal food--lightweight, nutritious, and long-lasting--for traders, travelers, and conquering armies.
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